rejim ريجيم
Tunisian Derja · noun
“rejim” (ريجيم) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning diet, dietary regimen.
Meanings
- diet, dietary regimen
- accursed, damned (in "chitan rjim")
Usage
Rejim is a borrowing from French "régime", well integrated into derja and used only in the dietary sense. The usual construction is 3mal rejim ("to go on a diet"): na3mel rejim, ena fi rejim ("I'm on a diet"). It is used for weight loss, but also for a diet prescribed by a doctor, for example salt-free or sugar-free. Pitfall for an English speaker: the word does not mean a political regime, which is nidham. In family meals, turning down a second helping with ena fi rejim remains a very common excuse.
Example
ما تزيدليش، راني عامل ريجيم.
ma tzidlich, rani 3amel rejim.
“Don't give me more, I'm on a diet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rejim” but also “régime”, “rejime”, “rijim”, “regime” and “rjim”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find ريجيم and رجيم, all the same word.
Type “rejim” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “diet, dietary regimen”: regime in Moroccan.