safqa صفقة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“safqa” (صفقة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning deal, concluded transaction.
Meanings
- deal, concluded transaction
- public contract, tender
Usage
Safqa means a commercial agreement or transaction, small or large. It is heard in business language and in the news, for example about public contracts or state deals, and also in daily life: "safqa behya", "a good deal". The plural is "safa9at". The word is a bit more formal than "9adhiya" or the borrowed "affaire", which many people use for a bargain purchase. With the verb "3mal", you get "3mal safqa", "to close a deal".
Example
شريت الكرهبة بسوم باهي، صفقة باهية
chrit el karhba b soum behi, safqa behya
“I bought the car at a good price, it's a good deal.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “safqa” but also “saf9a”, “safka”, “sef9a” and “safqua”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “safqa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “deal, transaction”; “public contract, tender”: sef9a in Moroccan.