salon صالون
Tunisian Derja · noun
“salon” (صالون) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning living room, sitting room.
Meanings
- living room, sitting room
- hair or beauty salon
- exhibition, fair, trade show
Usage
A French loanword, fully integrated into Derja. Saloun first means the room where guests are received. By extension, it also means the furniture of that room: matching sofas and armchairs, as in "chrit saloun jdid" for a new set of sofas. With a complement, the word is also used for businesses: "saloun de coiffure", "saloun mta3 tajmil". It is also used for fairs and exhibitions, such as a book fair or a motor show. The usual plural is salounet. The register is neutral and everyday.
Example
اقعدوا في الصالون، توّا نجيب القهوة.
o93dou fi saloun, tawa njib l9ahwa.
“Sit down in the living room, I'll bring the coffee right away.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “salon” but also “saloun”, “salone” and “salonn”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “salon” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “living room, reception room”; “set of living-room sofas”: salon in Moroccan.