re7la رحلة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“re7la” (رحلة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning trip, journey.
Meanings
- trip, journey
- excursion, organised outing
- flight
Usage
Re7la means a trip or a journey, short or long. One says 3malna re7la l Tabarka ("we took a trip to Tabarka") or re7la mta3 l9raya for a school outing. It is also used for a flight: re7la Tounes–Paris. The word comes from the standard register, but it is perfectly common in speech, alongside safra, which is more colloquial for a trip abroad. The plural is re7lat. The corresponding everyday verb is not built on the same root: one rather says sefer ("to travel") or mcha ("to go").
Example
عملنا رحلة لعين دراهم مع القراية
3malna re7la l 3in draham m3a l9raya
“We went on a trip to Aïn Draham with the school.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “re7la” but also “ri7la”, “rehla”, “ra7la” and “rihla”. 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 “re7la” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “trip, journey”; “excursion, organized outing”: ri7la in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “trip, journey”; “excursion, organized outing”: re7la in Algerian.