ta9dir تقدير

Tunisian Derja · noun

“ta9dir” (تقدير) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning estimate, assessment.

Meanings

1. estimate, assessment
2. esteem, appreciation

Usage

Taqdir belongs to a rather formal register, close to Standard Arabic. It is heard at work, in administration or in the media. It refers to a figure-based estimate, such as a quote or a cost assessment, or to the esteem one has for someone, often in the formula koll et-taqdir wel i7tiram. In everyday conversation, Tunisians readily say "estimation" in French, or use verbal constructions: "9addech t9adder ?". In the school system, the word also refers to the grade classification given with a mark.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta9dir” but also “taqdir”, “takdir”, “ta9dyr” and “tak9dir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “ta9dir” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “esteem, regard”; “estimate, assessment”: t9dir in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “esteem, regard”; “assessment, estimate”: ta9dir in Algerian.