mra9ba مراقبة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mra9ba” (مراقبة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning control, monitoring.
Meanings
- control, monitoring
- class test, written quiz
Usage
Mra9ba means control or monitoring in the administrative sense: mra9ba e9tisadiya (economic control), borj mra9ba (control tower), mra9ba sa7iya (health inspection). In Tunisian schools, the word also commonly means the supervised class test, the equivalent of the French "devoir de contrôle": 3andi mra9ba fel maths. In speech, it is often pronounced mra9ba, with the first vowel dropped. The full form mora9aba belongs to a more formal register. The corresponding verb is ra9eb, "to monitor, to supervise".
Example
غدوة عندي مراقبة في الفيزيك.
ghodwa 3andi mra9ba fel physique.
“Tomorrow I have a physics test.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mra9ba” but also “mora9aba”, “mourakaba”, “moura9ba” and “mraqba”. 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.