tajrba تجربة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tajrba” (تجربة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning acquired experience, know-how.
Meanings
- acquired experience, know-how
- trial, test
- personal experience, ordeal
Usage
Tajrba is most often pronounced without a vowel between r and b (tajrba rather than tajriba). The word primarily refers to professional or practical experience: 3andou tajrba, "he has experience". To specify a length of time or a field, say tajrba fil khidma or tajrba fi… It is also used for a trial: na3mlou tajrba, "let's do a trial". To check the experience of a guide, a craftsman or an employee, ask 3andou tajrba? The plural tajarib belongs mostly to a formal register. The related verb, "to try", is jarreb, very common in speech.
Example
عندو تجربة كبيرة في الخدمة هاذي
3andou tajrba kbira fil khidma hedhi
“He has a lot of experience in this job.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tajrba” but also “tajriba”, “tejrba”, “tajreba” and “tajrbaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tajrba” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “experience, know-how”; “trial, attempt”: tajriba in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “lived experience”; “trial, attempt”: tajriba in Algerian.