rouba روبة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“rouba” (روبة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning dress.
Meanings
- dress
- wedding dress (rouba mta3 l3arousa)
Usage
Rouba is a borrowing from French "robe", fully integrated into derja. It takes the Arabic article (errouba) and the plural roubet. It refers to any woman's dress, from an everyday dress to an evening gown. For the bride, one says rouba mta3 l3arousa or rouba bidha. The word agrees in the feminine: rouba 7amra, "a red dress". Traditional garments are not called rouba: specific terms such as jebba, keswa or melya are used instead.
Example
شريت روبة جديدة للعرس
chrit rouba 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 “rouba” but also “roba”, “robba” and “rob”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.