markeb مركب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“markeb” (مركب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning boat, vessel.
Meanings
- boat, vessel
- complex (sports, commercial)
Usage
Markeb means a boat, especially in markeb sayd, "fishing boat". In everyday conversation, flouka is more often used for a small boat and babour for a large ship; markeb belongs to a somewhat more formal register, that of the media and ports. In the sense of "complex", as in el markeb er-riyadhi, "the sports complex", the word is used in the names of public facilities. Be careful not to confuse it with mrakkeb, "installed" or "composed", which is written the same way in Arabic.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “markeb” but also “merkeb” and “markab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.