sfenarya سفنارية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sfenarya” (سفنارية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning carrot(s).
Meanings
- carrot(s)
Usage
Sfennarya is the common Tunisian word for "carrot". It is used as a collective noun: "sfennarya" means carrots in general, for example when shopping at the market or cooking. For a single carrot, you say "sfennarya wa7da" or "7abbet sfennarya". The vegetable appears in couscous, soups and salads, as well as in the carrot salad with cumin and harissa (omek 7orriya). The word is familiar but has no particular connotation. It is hard to recognize, as it has nothing to do with the standard word.
Example
شريت كيلو سفنارية للكسكسي
chrit kilo sfennarya lel kosksi
“I bought a kilo of carrots for the couscous.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sfenarya” but also “sfennarya”, “sfennaria”, “sfinarya” and “sfenaria”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.