mjarreb مجرب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mjarreb” (مجرب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning experienced, who has been through it.
Meanings
- experienced, who has been through it
- tried and tested
Usage
Mjarreb describes someone who has lived through a situation and has gained practical knowledge from it. It is often used as a noun: "a mjarreb", one who knows because he has been through it. The word is best known from the proverb "is2el mjarreb w ma tis2elch tbib": ask the one who has lived it rather than the doctor. Applied to a remedy, a recipe or a product, it means "tried and tested, proven". The feminine is mjarba. Everyday register.
Example
الدوا هذا مجرب، يخدم.
eddwa hedha mjarreb, ye5dem.
“This remedy is proven, it works.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mjarreb” but also “mjareb”, “mjerreb” and “mujarreb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.