ro5sa رخصة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ro5sa” (رخصة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning permit, licence.
Meanings
- permit, licence
- authorization, permission
Usage
Rokhsa refers to an official document that authorizes an activity. The most common use is rokhsa mta3 siy9a or rokhset siy9a, "driving licence". It is also used for a business licence or a taxi licence. More broadly, the word means "authorization": khdha rokhsa, "he obtained an authorization". In everyday speech, many Tunisians simply say "le permis" in French. Do not confuse rokhsa with rkhis, "cheap", which comes from the same root but has a different meaning.
Example
خذيت الرخصة متاع السياقة الجمعة اللي فاتت.
khdhit erro5sa mta3 essiy9a ejjem3a elli fetet.
“I got my driving licence last week.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ro5sa” but also “rokhsa”, “roukhsa” and “rokhssa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “ro5sa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “permit, licence, authorization”; “leave (authorized absence)”: rokhsa in Moroccan.