o5t اخت
Tunisian Derja · noun
“o5t” (اخت) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sister.
Meanings
- sister
- female friend, comrade (affectionate address)
Usage
Basic word for "sister", pronounced okht or o5t, and almost always followed by a possessive: okhti (my sister), okhtek (your sister), okhtou (his sister). Age is often specified with okhti e-sghira (my little sister) or okhti el-kbira (my big sister). Bent okhti means "my niece", i.e. my sister's daughter. Okhti is also used to politely address a woman you don't know, roughly like "ma'am" or "miss". The plural is khwatet or khwet (sisters).
Example
اخي , اختي , بنت اختي !
A5i , O5ti , bent O5ti !
“My brother, my sister, my sister's daughter!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “o5t” but also “okht”, “ou5t”, “o5ti” and “okhti”. 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 “o5t” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sister”: okht in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sister”; “form of address to a woman”: okht in Algerian.