ta9lid تقليد
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ta9lid” (تقليد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning imitation.
Meanings
- imitation
- fake, counterfeit (product)
- tradition, custom
Usage
Taqlīd (often pronounced tagliīd) means above all "imitation". It is used in expressions such as taqlīd aʿmā, "blind imitation", or about someone who copies another person. In commerce, the word describes a counterfeit item: hādhā taqlīd, mūch original, "it's a copy, not the original". The meaning "tradition" exists mainly in the plural taqālīd, in the expression ʿādāt w taqālīd, "customs and traditions". In the singular, it is therefore rare to use it for a tradition.
Example
الصاك هذا تقليد، موش أصلي.
es-sac hedha taqlid, mouch asli.
“This bag is a fake, not an original.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta9lid” but also “taqlid”, “taklid” and “ta9lide”. 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 “ta9lid” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “imitation, knockoff”; “imitating someone”: t9lid in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “imitation, copy”; “counterfeit (non-original product)”: taqlid in Algerian.