nfar نفر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“nfar” (نفر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning person (counting unit).
Meanings
- person (counting unit)
- one by one (doubled)
Usage
A noun used mainly to count people, after a number: "khamsa nfar" (five people), "9addech min nfar ?" (how many people?). It is often heard in restaurants, for reservations, or on public transport. Doubled, "nfar nfar" means "one by one, each in turn". It is also used to say that you will deal with each person separately. It is not used on its own to mean "someone"; for that, say wa7ed. The form often stays unchanged after numbers.
Example
الطاولة لأربعة نفر من فضلك
ettawla l arb3a nfar min fadhlek
“A table for four people, please.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nfar” but also “nafar”, “nfer”, “nefer” and “nfr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.