ta2chira تاشيرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ta2chira” (تاشيرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning visa (travel document).
Meanings
- visa (travel document)
Usage
Ta2chira is the Arabic term for "visa", used in official procedures and in the media. In conversation, many Tunisians prefer "viza", borrowed from French. The two words coexist with no difference in meaning. Typical constructions: "tlab ta2chira" ("to apply for a visa"), "ta3tih ta2chira" ("to grant him a visa"), "ta2chira mta3 Schengen". The word is feminine and has no usual plural in everyday language.
Example
باش نسافر لفرنسا لازمني تأشيرة.
bech nsafer l franssa lazemni ta2chira.
“To travel to France, I need a visa.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta2chira” but also “tachira”, “taachira”, “ta2shira” and “techira”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.