tafasil تفاصيل
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tafasil” (تفاصيل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning details, specifics.
Meanings
- details, specifics
Usage
Tafasil is the plural of tafsil and is almost always used in the plural. It refers to the details of a story, a matter or an explanation. The word comes from Standard Arabic, but it is fully integrated into conversation. It is heard in phrases like a3tini ettafasil ("give me the details") or fasserli b akther tafasil ("explain it to me in more detail"). The French word "détails" is also very often used as is in speech, alternating with tafasil. The register is neutral.
Example
احكيلي التفاصيل الكل
a7kili ettafasil lkol
“Tell me all the details.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tafasil” but also “tafassil”, “tfasil” and “tafaseel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tafasil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “details, specifics”: tafassil in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “details, particulars”: tafasil in Algerian.