ordinateur اورديناتور
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ordinateur” (اورديناتور) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning computer.
Meanings
- computer
Usage
Borrowed from French, now in everyday use in Tunisia. Often pronounced ordinatour and used with the Arabic article: l'ordinateur mte3i, "my computer". It is far more common than the standard term 7asoub, which is reserved for official or school contexts. The diminutive ordi is also heard, and pc for a laptop or desktop computer. The word is masculine in derja. In arabizi writing, the French spelling is usually kept.
Example
الأورديناتور متاعي ما عادش يخدم
l'ordinateur mte3i ma3adech yekhdem
“My computer doesn't work anymore.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ordinateur” but also “ordinatour” and “ordinateure”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.