kosksi كسكسي
Tunisian Derja · noun
“kosksi” (كسكسي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning couscous.
Meanings
- couscous
Usage
Kosksi is the Tunisian name for couscous, a central dish of family cooking, made especially for the Friday meal or for celebrations. The topping is often specified: "kosksi bel 3allouch" (with lamb), "kosksi bel 7out" (with fish), "kosksi bel 3osban". The word means both the semolina and the complete dish. Tunisian kosksi is usually red, seasoned with harissa and tomato paste, which may surprise those used to other preparations. The form "couscous" is understood, but in speech people say kosksi.
Example
أمّي طيّبت كسكسي بالعلوش.
ommi tayyebet kosksi bel 3allouch.
“My mother made couscous with lamb.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kosksi” but also “cosksi”, “couscsi”, “kousksi” and “coscsi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kosksi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “couscous (semolina dish)”: kesksi in Algerian.