mi9yes مقياس
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mi9yes” (مقياس) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning module, course subject (university).
Meanings
- module, course subject (university)
- scale of measurement
- criterion, benchmark
Usage
A word from Standard Arabic, widely used by Tunisian students for a subject or course module: "3andi examen fi mi9yes el maths". It is also found in the technical sense of a measurement scale (mi9yes richter, for earthquakes). In a phrase like "mouch mi9yes", it means "it is not a criterion, it is not a benchmark". It is used mainly in school and media contexts. In everyday speech, the French "module" or "matière" is also often heard. The plural is ma9ayis.
Example
نجحت في الامتحان أما طحت في مقياس واحد
nja7t fil imti7en ama ta7t fi mi9yes wa7ed
“I passed the exam, but I failed one module.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mi9yes” but also “mi9yas”, “me9yes”, “miqyas” and “mikyes”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.