jrida جريدة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jrida” (جريدة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning newspaper, daily.
Meanings
- newspaper, daily
Usage
Jrida means a printed newspaper, daily or weekly. The plural is jrayed. The word belongs to the everyday register, and you buy your jrida from the newsagent or at the kiosk. You say 9ra fel jrida (he read in the newspaper) to cite a piece of news from the press. The French word "journal" is also heard in speech, especially for French-language newspapers or the TV news. For online news sites, people more readily say "site" or "page".
Example
و دليل ال قضايا في جرايد اللي نقراوا فيها آوك
w dalil el 9athaya fi jarayéd elli na9raw fiha ok
“And the proof is the cases in the newspapers we read, okay?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jrida” but also “jarida”, “jride”, “jrayed” and “jarayed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jrida” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “newspaper, daily”: jarida in Moroccan.