kolliya كلية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“kolliya” (كلية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning university faculty.
Meanings
- university faculty
- university, higher education
Usage
Kolliya refers to the faculty, the university institution: kolliyet el 7o9ou9 ("faculty of law"), kolliyet el tib ("faculty of medicine"). In practice, the word also refers more broadly to higher education: yo9ra fel kolliya, "he's at university". In speech, many Tunisians simply say la fac or el fac, in the French way. Note: the word does not refer to the French-style "collège" (middle school) of the school system, which in Tunisia is called college or e3dédiya.
Example
أختي تقرا في كلية الطب.
o5ti te9ra fi kolliyet ettib.
“My sister studies at the faculty of medicine.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kolliya” but also “koliya”, “kollia”, “kulliya” and “kolya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kolliya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “faculty, university”: kolliya in Moroccan.