lastik لاستيك
Tunisian Derja · noun
“lastik” (لاستيك) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning rubber band, hair tie.
Meanings
- rubber band, hair tie
- rubber
Usage
The word lastik primarily means an elastic band: the kind used to hold papers together, a hair tie or the elastic in a garment. It is a well-integrated loan in derja, pronounced with a long a. By extension, it can mean the elastic material, rubber. It belongs to everyday colloquial speech and is used at home as well as at the market. Be careful not to confuse it with the tire, which is rather called "kawtchou" in Tunisia.
Example
عطيني لاستيك نشد بيه شعري.
a3tini lastik nched bih cha3ri.
“Give me a hair tie to tie back my hair.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lastik” but also “lastique”, “lastic”, “lestik” and “lastiq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.