nousa5 نسخ

Tunisian Derja · noun

“nousa5” (نسخ) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning copies, duplicates (plural of nos5a).

Meanings

1. copies, duplicates (plural of nos5a)
2. to copy (verb nsa5)

Usage

Nousa5 is the plural of nos5a, "copy, duplicate". It is used for photocopied documents, duplicated keys or printouts: zouz nousa5, "two copies". The same root gives the verb nsa5, "to copy" or "to copy out", widely used in the office, at school and in computing. The expression nsa5 lsa9, calqued on "copy-paste", also serves as a reproach: one accuses someone of taking over a text without thinking. In administration, the French word "copie" is also commonly used. The register is neutral and everyday.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nousa5” but also “nsa5”, “nousakh”, “naskh” and “nsakh”. 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 “nousa5” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to copy, make a copy”; “to photocopy, print copies”: nsekh in Moroccan.