rob روب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“rob” (روب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning dress (women's clothing).
Meanings
- dress (women's clothing)
Usage
The word rob is a borrowing from French "robe", fully integrated into everyday Tunisian, especially in clothing and shopping vocabulary. You say rob twila (long dress), rob 9sira (short dress) or rob mta3 3ers (evening dress, wedding dress). It is used with the verbs lbes (to wear, to put on) and chra (to buy). The pronunciation follows French, with a rolled r. The form and gender vary between speakers; you also hear robba. The traditional term for a long garment is rather jebba or fousta, depending on the case.
Example
شريت روب جديدة للعرس.
chrit rob jdida lel 3ors.
“I bought a new dress for the wedding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rob” but also “robe”, “roub” and “robba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.