sout صوت
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sout” (صوت) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning voice.
Meanings
- voice
- sound, noise
- vote
Usage
Sout refers to a person's voice and, more broadly, to any sound or noise: sout el karhba, "the noise of the car". Figuratively, it is used as in English: wassel soutou, "to make one's voice heard". In an electoral context, sout is a vote, and the derived verb sawwet means "to vote": sawwet 3la, "to vote for". To ask someone to speak more quietly, you say habbet soutek. The plural aswat belongs mainly to the media register.
Example
ال مظهرات وصيلة بباش يوصّل صوته ,
el moudhaharat wesilè bbbbech ywassil soutou ,
“Demonstrations are a means for him to make his voice heard.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sout” but also “sawt”, “sot” and “soot”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sout” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to vote, cast one's vote”; “to vote for someone”: sawwet in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to vote”; “voice, sound (read sout)”: sawwet in Algerian.