rjouliya رجولية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“rjouliya” (رجولية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning courage, bravery, dignified conduct.
Meanings
- courage, bravery, dignified conduct
- manliness, qualities seen as manly
Usage
Rjouliya refers to the set of qualities attributed to a man worthy of the name: courage, integrity, a sense of honor, the ability to keep one's word and own one's actions. The word is often used admiringly ("fih rjouliya", he has guts) or, on the contrary, to reproach someone for lacking it. It can also describe a collective act, such as the courageous stance of a people or a team. The meaning is not sexual: it concerns behavior and honor, closer to "guts" or "dignity" than to "manliness" in the physical sense.
Example
ب رجوليّة درس كبير قدمته تونس ال عالم
B rjolya drs kbir kdmto Tunis l 3alm
“With courage, Tunisia gave the world a great lesson.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rjouliya” but also “rjolya”, “rjoulia”, “rjouleya” and “rjoulya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rjouliya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “manliness, the qualities of a man”; “courage, sense of honour”: rjoulia in Algerian.