takhfidh تخفيض
Tunisian Derja · noun
“takhfidh” (تخفيض) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning discount, reduction.
Meanings
- discount, reduction
- sales, promotion
- drop, decrease
Usage
Takhfidh means a price reduction. It is seen on shop windows and in advertisements, and used to ask for a discount: 3andkom takhfidh? The typical construction is 3mal takhfidh ("to give a discount"). The word is also used for a drop in prices or taxes, in a more formal register. In speech, one often hears "remise", "promo" or sold (for the sales), but takhfidh remains common and perfectly understood.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “takhfidh” but also “ta5fidh” and “takhfid”. 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 “takhfidh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “discount, reduction”; “drop (in prices, rates)”: tkhfid in Moroccan.