rbe7 الربح
Tunisian Derja · noun
“rbe7” (الربح) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning profit, earnings.
Meanings
- profit, earnings
- gain, win (opposite of loss)
Usage
Erbe7 (with the article) means the profit made on a sale or a deal, and more broadly the act of winning, as opposed to el khsara, the loss. It is heard at the market, in business and in sports commentary: erbe7 w el khsara, "victory and defeat". The corresponding verb is rbe7 (to win), very widely used, including for a match or a bet. The word also belongs to Standard Arabic, but it is fully current in Derja. The final h is often written 7 in arabizi.
Example
بعت الكرهبة وما عملتش فيها حتى ربح.
bi3t el karhba w ma 3maltech fiha 7atta rbe7.
“I sold the car and didn't make any profit on it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rbe7” but also “erbe7”, “reb7”, “ribh” and “rebh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “rbe7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “profit, gain”; “winnings, victory”: rrbe7 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “gain, profit, earnings”; “success, good fortune”: rbeh in Algerian.