oustedh استاذ
Tunisian Derja · noun
“oustedh” (استاذ) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning professor, teacher.
Meanings
- professor, teacher
- lawyer, master (title)
Usage
Oustedh refers first of all to a teacher at middle school, high school or university. In primary school, m3allem is used instead. The word also serves as a title of respect before a lawyer's name, the equivalent of the French "Maître": el oustedh Ben Salah. By extension, it is used for any educated or expert person. The tone can sometimes be ironic, as in 3amel rou7ou oustedh, "he's playing the scholar". The feminine is oustedha, and the plural is asatdha or asatidha. In class, students address the teacher as ya oustedh or, more informally, as si followed by the first name.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “oustedh” but also “ostedh”, “oustadh”, “ostadh” and “ousted”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “oustedh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
The same word also exists in Moroccan Darija, written أُستاد, where it means “teacher, professor”; “master, expert (in a field)”: ostad in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “teacher, professor”; “title for a lawyer”: ostad in Algerian.