noumrou نومرو
Tunisian Derja · noun
“noumrou” (نومرو) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning number (phone, house, etc.).
Meanings
- number (phone, house, etc.)
Usage
Noumrou is an adapted loanword from French "numéro". It is fully integrated into derja and in very common use. It is used mostly for the telephone ("noumrou telifounek", "your phone number"). It is also used for a house, a taxi, a seat or a ticket. It takes possessive suffixes: "noumrouk", "your number". The Standard Arabic word, "raqm", exists but sounds more formal or administrative.
Example
عطيني نومرو تليفونك
a3tini noumrou telifounek
“Give me your phone number.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “noumrou” but also “numro”, “noumro”, “nomro” and “numero”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.