kilometre كيلومتر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“kilometre” (كيلومتر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning kilometre.
Meanings
- kilometre
Usage
Kilomètr is the everyday unit of distance in Tunisia. It is pronounced as in French, often with a reduced final vowel. In speech it is readily shortened to kilo or km: 3achra kilo, "ten kilometres". Kilo also means kilogram, and only context tells them apart. The word generally stays invariable after a number, and kilomètr m9arra3 means "square kilometre".
Example
الدار تبعد خمسة كيلومتر على البحر.
edar tab3ed khamsa kilometr 3al b7ar.
“The house is five kilometres from the sea.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kilometre” but also “kilomètre”, “kilometr” and “kilomitr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find كيلومتر and كيلوميتر, all the same word.