nos5a نسخة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“nos5a” (نسخة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning copy of a document.
Meanings
- copy of a document
- version (software, edition)
Usage
Nos5a means a copy of a document, whether a photocopy or a duplicate. It is often heard in administrative settings, in phrases like 3mel nos5a ("make a copy") or nos5a men el bita9a ("a copy of the ID card"). The plural is nsa5. The word can also mean a version, for example of software or a game. For a certified true copy, one says nos5a mtab9a lel asl. In colloquial speech, nos5a is also used for a person who looks a lot like someone else: "the spitting image".
Example
لازمني نسخة من شهادة الولادة.
lezemni nos5a men chhedet el wled.
“I need a copy of the birth certificate.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nos5a” but also “noskha” and “nous5a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “nos5a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “copy, exemplar”; “version (of software, a text)”: noskha in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “copy, duplicate”; “version (of a game, software)”: nouskha in Algerian.