klip كليب

Tunisian Derja · noun

“klip” (كليب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning music video.

Meanings

1. music video
2. short video clip

Usage

Klip is the usual loanword for a video clip, especially one that accompanies a song. You hear it constantly about Tunisian singers and local rap: "tla3 klip jdid" (a new clip has come out). The plural is usually klipét. The word is also used more broadly for a short video circulating on social media. It behaves as a masculine noun: "klip mezyén". Online, the Latin spelling varies between klip and clip.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “klip” but also “clip” and “kleep”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “klip” on the Arabic keyboard