takhassos تخصص

Tunisian Derja · noun

“takhassos” (تخصص) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning specialization, field of study.

Meanings

1. specialization, field of study
2. area of expertise

Usage

Takhassos refers to the specialization of a student or a professional. It is heard mostly about studies: chnouwa takhassosek?, "what is your specialization?". The word comes from Standard Arabic and keeps a somewhat formal, academic or administrative register. In conversation, many Tunisians simply say "spécialité" in French. Note in writing: the same spelling can also correspond to the verb tkhasses ("to devote, to allocate"), common in the press, as in "the company assigns an aircraft". Context distinguishes the noun from the verb.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “takhassos” but also “ta5asos”, “takhasos” and “takhassus”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.

Type “takhassos” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “specialty, field of study”; “area of expertise”: takhasos in Moroccan.