sarou5 صاروخ
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sarou5” (صاروخ) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning missile, rocket.
Meanings
- missile, rocket
- very fast person or thing
- stunning woman (slang)
Usage
Sarou5 is the ordinary word for "missile" or "rocket", in the news as in conversation. In informal speech it takes on several figurative meanings. It describes someone or something very fast: a player, a car, a sharp retort ("sarou5 ardh-jaw"). Among young people it also refers to a woman considered very beautiful, like "une bombe" in French. This last use is vulgar and can seem inappropriate. The plural is swari5.
Example
طلقو صاروخ للفضاء البارح.
tal9ou sarou5 lel-fadha el-béra7.
“They launched a rocket into space yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sarou5” but also “sarouekh” and “sarou5e”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.