tajer تاجر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tajer” (تاجر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning merchant, trader.
Meanings
- merchant, trader
- profiteer, exploiter of a cause
Usage
Tajer refers to a merchant or trader, often someone doing business on a certain scale. The plural is tujjar. In everyday language, the small shopkeeper is more often called 7anout or mol el 7anout. Figuratively, tajer is pejorative: tajer dine, "merchant of religion", or tajer dam, "merchant of blood", refer to someone who profits from a cause. These expressions are common in political debates. The corresponding verb is tajer, "to trade".
Example
بوه تاجر قماش في المدينة العربي.
bouh tajer 9mech fel medina el 3arbi.
“His father is a fabric merchant in the medina el 3arbi.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tajer” but also “tejer”, “tajir” and “tèjer”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.