takarkira تكركيرة

Tunisian Derja · noun

“takarkira” (تكركيرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning burst of laughter, fit of laughter.

Meanings

1. burst of laughter, fit of laughter
2. laughingstock, ridiculous thing

Usage

Takarkira means loud, uncontrollable laughter, bursting out laughing. The word is often used ironically to say that a situation is so absurd that it becomes laughable. In "hattna takarkira", the meaning is "they made a laughingstock of us". The register is familiar and common in comments on current events or politics. The word belongs to the same family as the verb tkarkar, "to laugh out loud". It should not be confused with chatchouka or other words meaning disorder: the central idea remains laughter, often mocking.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “takarkira” but also “tkarkira”, “tkarkiraa” and “takarkirra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “takarkira” on the Arabic keyboard