korsi كرسي
Tunisian Derja · noun
“korsi” (كرسي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning chair, seat.
Meanings
- chair, seat
- saddle (bike, motorbike)
- post, seat of power
Usage
Korsi refers to any single-person seat: a kitchen chair, a plastic café chair, an office chair. The usual plural is kraasi (often written kresi). One says korsi mta3 el bisklat for a bicycle saddle and korsi met7arrek for a wheelchair. For a padded armchair or a sofa, fauteuil or salon is used instead. Figuratively, korsi refers to power and official posts: politicians are accused of clinging to the korsi. The word is used in all registers, from colloquial speech to more formal discourse.
Example
هات كرسي واقعد معانا
het korsi w o93ed m3ana
“Grab a chair and sit with us.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “korsi” but also “korssi”, “kursi” and “korsy”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “korsi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “chair, seat”; “post, seat of power”: korsi in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “chair, seat”; “post, position of power”: korsi in Algerian.