met5arrej متخرج
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“met5arrej” (متخرج) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning graduate, having finished studies.
Meanings
- graduate, having finished studies
Usage
Met5arrej describes a person who has completed a course of study and obtained their degree. It is constructed with "mel" or "men" followed by the institution or field, for example met5arrej mel fac. The feminine is met5arrja and the plural is met5arrjin. The word often comes up when talking about employment and graduate unemployment. Watch out in writing: the same Arabic spelling can also stand for "ma t5arrej", a contraction of "ki ma t5arrej" (when you leave). It is then no longer the adjective but the verb "to leave". Context settles it.
Example
خويا متخرّج مالفاك وما لقاش خدمة.
5ouya met5arrej mel fac w ma l9ach 5edma.
“My brother graduated from university and hasn't found a job.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “met5arrej” but also “mt5arrej”, “mtkharrej”, “mt5arej” and “metkharej”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.