sport سبور
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sport” (سبور) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sport, physical activity.
Meanings
- sport, physical activity
- sporty, casual (clothing)
Usage
The word sbor is the adapted borrowing of French "sport", with a b in place of the p, as is often the case in Tunisian. As a noun, it means physical activity: na3mel sbor (I do sport). Placed after a noun, it works as an invariable adjective: lebsa sbor (sports outfit, casual outfit), sabbat sbor (sneakers). When writing in Latin letters, many people keep the French spelling "sport". The pitfall for an English speaker is the pronunciation: people say sbor rather than "sport".
Example
كل صباح نعمل شوية سبور.
kol sba7 na3mel chwaya sbor.
“Every morning I do a bit of sport.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sport” but also “sbor”, “sbour” and “spor”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.