ta9s طقس
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ta9s” (طقس) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning weather, climatic conditions.
Meanings
- weather, climatic conditions
- rite, ritual
Usage
Ta9s refers to the weather, but it belongs more to the register of the media and weather forecasts: a7wel et-ta9s (the weather conditions). In everyday conversation, Tunisians much more readily say ej-jaw: kifech ej-jaw lyoum? (what's the weather like today?). Ta9s is understood by everyone and is also used in a somewhat formal register. The meaning "rite, ritual" exists, but belongs to written Arabic. Remember that jaw is the natural word in speech, and ta9s the one used on television.
Example
الطقس باش يكون سخون غدوة.
et-ta9s bech ykoun skhoun ghodwa.
“The weather is going to be hot tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta9s” but also “taqs”, “tags” and “ta9es”. 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 “ta9s” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “weather, current conditions”: t9es in Moroccan.