saki ساكي

Tunisian Derja · noun

“saki” (ساكي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning my bag.

Meanings

1. my bag
2. my handbag

Usage

Saki is the possessed form of sak, "bag", an adapted and very common borrowing from French. The suffix -i marks the first person: saki (my bag), sakek (your bag), sakha (her bag). The word means a handbag as well as a backpack or a schoolbag. It often appears in sentences about loss or theft: nsit saki (I forgot my bag), sarqouli saki (someone stole my bag). For a large plastic or jute bag, chkara is used instead.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “saki” but also “sakii”, “sak” and “saky”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “saki” on the Arabic keyboard