sondou9 صندوق
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sondou9” (صندوق) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning box, crate.
Meanings
- box, crate
- chest, trunk
- ballot box; fund
Usage
Sondou9 refers to a medium or large box or crate, made of wood, cardboard or plastic. The plural is snade9. It is also used for the chest in which linen or belongings are stored. In the figurative sense and in administrative language, the word means a fund, as in sondou9 ta2min (insurance fund). In political vocabulary, it also means the ballot box: el sondou9 then stands for the vote. For a small box, 3olba is used instead.
Example
حط الكتب القدم في الصندوق.
7ott el ktob el 9dom fel sondou9.
“Put the old books in the crate.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sondou9” but also “sandou9”, “sondouk”, “sendou9” and “sndou9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “sondou9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “box, crate”; “chest, trunk”: sndo9 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “crate, chest, trunk”; “car trunk”: sendouk in Algerian.