taghtia تغطية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“taghtia” (تغطية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning coverage (insurance).
Meanings
- coverage (insurance)
- media coverage
- network coverage
Usage
Taghtiya is a formal-register word, borrowed from the language of the media and administration. In derja, it is used mainly for insurance (taghtiya kamla, full coverage), for media coverage of an event, and sometimes for phone network coverage. For the latter sense, réseau is more commonly said. It does not mean a bed blanket; that is called ghta or manta. In insurance, it is often paired with the loanword sigourta (insurance).
Example
السيقورطة هاذي فيها تغطية كاملة للكرهبة
e sigourta hedhi fiha taghtia kemla lel karhba
“This insurance policy has full coverage for the car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “taghtia” but also “taghtiya”, “tagh6ia” and “taghtiyya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).
Type “taghtia” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “coverage (insurance, social protection)”; “media coverage”: tghtia in Moroccan.