soura صورة

Tunisian Derja · noun

“soura” (صورة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning picture, photo.

Meanings

1. picture, photo
2. film exposure

Usage

Pronounced soura, this word means a picture or photo. In spoken Tunisian, taswira is often preferred for a photograph, but soura remains common, especially in writing and in more general expressions. The construct form is souret ("souret el 3ers", the wedding photo). The plural is souwar. Do not confuse it with soura meaning a sura of the Quran: the Arabic spelling is different and context decides.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “soura” but also “sora”, “sura” and “sowra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “soura” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “image (screen, television)”; “photo, photograph”: soura in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “image, picture quality”; “photo”: soura in Algerian.