ra9m رقم
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ra9m” (رقم) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning number.
Meanings
- number
- figure, digit
- record (ra9m 9iyesi)
Usage
Ra9m means a number (of a telephone, a room, a jersey) or a digit. The plural is ar9am. For a phone number, you hear "noumrou", borrowed from French, as often as ra9m. "Erra9m el9iyesi" is the set expression for a record, especially in sports and journalism. To ask for someone's number, you say "a3tini ra9mek" or "a3tini noumrouk". The word belongs to a neutral register. To count or say "a number of", 3adad is used instead.
Example
عطيني رقمك ونكلّمك غدوة.
a3tini ra9mek w nkalmek ghodwa.
“Give me your number and I'll call you tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ra9m” but also “rakm”, “ra9em”, “raqm” and “rqm”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “ra9m” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “number (phone, etc.)”; “figure, digit”: ra9m in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “number (phone)”; “number, figure”: ra9m in Algerian.