taksi تكسي
Tunisian Derja · noun
“taksi” (تكسي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning taxi.
Meanings
- taxi
Usage
Taksi is the adapted and very common loanword for "taxi". In Tunisia, a distinction is made between the individual "taksi", yellow, which runs in town on the meter, and the "louage", a shared intercity taxi. People say "chedd taksi" (take a taxi), "kallem taksi" (call a taxi) and "bqaddech taksi l... ?" to ask the price of a ride. The plural taksiyet is also heard. The word is neutral and is used in all registers.
Example
استنى، تو نشد تكسي ونجيك.
estanna, taw nched taksi w njik.
“Wait, I'll take a taxi and be right there.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “taksi” but also “taxi”, “taksy” and “tacsi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.