selk سلك
Tunisian Derja · noun
“selk” (سلك) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning wire, cable.
Meanings
- wire, cable
- corps (professional or administrative)
Usage
Selk means a wire, especially an iron wire or an electric wire. People say selk mta3 eddhaw ("the electric wire") or selk chéyek ("barbed wire"). The plural is slouk. In administrative language, the word also means a professional corps: selk el amn ("the security forces"), selk ett3lim ("the teaching corps"). It should not be confused with the very common verb sallek, which means "to manage, to sort out a matter". Sallek rou7ek means "sort yourself out", and sallek omourou means "he sorted out his affairs".
Example
السلك متاع الضو مقصوص.
esselk mta3 eddhaw ma9sous.
“The electric wire is cut.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “selk” but also “silk”, “salk”, “sselk” and “selek”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “selk” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “metal wire”; “electric cable”: selk in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “wire, metal wire”; “professional corps (formal register)”: selk in Algerian.