sardouk سردوك
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sardouk” (سردوك) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning rooster.
Meanings
- rooster
Usage
Sardouk is the usual Tunisian word for the rooster, the male of the hen (djeja). It is heard in the countryside and in town, especially when talking about the rooster crowing in the morning: essardouk yaddhen or essardouk i9i9i. The plural is sradek. The word also appears in familiar expressions and comparisons, for example about someone who gets up very early. This word is specific to the Maghreb; it is not used for chicken as food, for which people say djej or dejaj.
Example
السردوك فيقني الصباح بكري.
essardouk fay9ni essbe7 bekri.
“The rooster woke me up early this morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sardouk” but also “sardok”, “serdouk” and “srdouk”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sardouk” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “rooster”; “proud, vain man (figurative)”: serdouk in Algerian.