korsa كورسة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“korsa” (كورسة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning taxi ride, paid trip.
Meanings
- taxi ride, paid trip
- cost of the ride
Usage
The word korsa, an adapted borrowing from French "course", mainly refers to a taxi or shared-cab trip and, by extension, what it costs. You ask "9addech el korsa?" to find out the price, and a driver may say he has done several korsat in a day. Unlike French, korsa is not used for everyday shopping: for that, one says chrayet or 9adhia. It is a colloquial word, used everywhere in Tunisia.
Example
قدّاش الكورسة من هنا للمطار؟
9addech el korsa men hna lel matar?
“How much is the ride from here to the airport?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “korsa” but also “koursa”, “kourssa”, “corsa” and “korssa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.