ta7lil تحليل
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ta7lil” (تحليل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning medical test.
Meanings
- medical test
- analysis, study
Usage
Ta7lil mainly means a medical laboratory test: "ta7lil dam" (blood test). It is used with the verb 3mal: "3malt ta7lil" (I had a test done). The plural ta7alil is very common for a full check-up. In a more formal register, such as the media or academic work, the word keeps its general sense of analysis, whether political or of a text. In medical contexts, the French word "analyse" is also heard.
Example
الطبيب قالي اعمل تحاليل
ettbib 9alli a3mel ta7alil
“The doctor told me to get tests done.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta7lil” but also “tahlil”, “t7alil” and “ta7liil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “ta7lil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “medical test, lab analysis”; “analysis, reasoned examination”: t7lil in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “analysis, reasoned examination”; “medical test”: tahlil in Algerian.