skhana سخانة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“skhana” (سخانة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning fever.
Meanings
- fever
- heat (weather, room)
Usage
Skhana is the usual word for fever. One says "3andi skhana" (I have a fever) or "3andou skhana" (he has a fever). It is also used for ambient heat, especially in summer: "skhana lyoum" means it is very hot today. One also speaks of the heat of a house or a room. Only context distinguishes the two meanings: with a person, it is fever; with the weather or a place, it is heat. The word comes from the same root as "skhoun" (hot).
Example
الصغير عندو سخانة من البارح.
esghir 3andou skhana mel bera7.
“The little one has had a fever since yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “skhana” but also “s5ana”, “sokhana” and “skhéna”. 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.
Type “skhana” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “fever”; “heat, warmth”: skhana in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “fever”; “intense heat, heatwave”: s5ana in Algerian.