nasba نصبة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“nasba” (نصبة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning stall, small vendor's stand.
Meanings
- stall, small vendor's stand
Usage
Nasba designates the stall or small stand set up to sell in the street or at the market: vegetables, cigarettes, clothes, prickly pears. The word evokes small-scale informal trade. The expression "3mel nasba" means to set up a small stall. It is also used in the sense of "to earn a modest but honest living". The plural is "nsob". There is no exact equivalent in French: depending on the context, it is translated as "étal", "stand" or "éventaire".
Example
عامل نصبة قدام الجامع يبيع في الهندي.
3amel nasba 9eddem ejjem3a ybi3 fel hindi.
“He has a stall in front of the mosque where he sells prickly pears.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nasba” but also “nesba” and “nosba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.