metwafer متوفر
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“metwafer” (متوفر) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning available, on sale.
Meanings
- available, on sale
- present, easy to find
Usage
Metwafer comes from the standard register, but it is common in derja, especially for products, goods or services. It is often heard in talk of shortages: el 7lib mouch metwafer, "milk is not available". The feminine is metwafra, the plural metwafrin. For a person who is available, fadi or mouch mechghoul is used instead. Metwafer applies above all to things. The word suits both conversation and commercial announcements, and its register is slightly more formal than mawjoud, its most common synonym.
Example
السكر مازال موش متوفر في الحوانت.
essokkor mazel mouch metwafer fel 7wanet.
“Sugar is still not available in the shops.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “metwafer” but also “mitwafer”, “metwafr” and “motawafer”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.