tahrib تهريب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tahrib” (تهريب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning smuggling, trafficking.
Meanings
- smuggling, trafficking
- smuggling out (of a person)
- capital flight
Usage
Tahrib refers above all to smuggling, that is, the illegal passage of goods across borders: fuel, cigarettes, foodstuffs. It appears in expressions such as tahrib el flous (capital flight). The word is also used for the organised escape of a person. It belongs to the vocabulary of the media and public debate, but is understood everywhere. In everyday speech, people often say contrebande or kontra, and the smuggler is called mohareb. The corresponding verb is harreb (to smuggle).
Example
التهريب على الحدود كثر برشا.
et-tahrib 3al 7doud kther barcha.
“Smuggling at the borders has increased a lot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tahrib” but also “tahreeb”, “tehrib” and “tahryb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.