taleb طالب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“taleb” (طالب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning student.
Meanings
- student
- asking, requesting
- to demand, claim
Usage
Taleb has several uses. As a noun, it means a student, especially at university; for a primary or secondary school pupil, tilmidh is more usual. The feminine is talba and the plural is talba or tollab. As the participle of the verb tlab (to ask), it means "asking": taleb sme7ek (I ask your forgiveness). Pronounced tâleb, it corresponds to the verb "to demand, to claim" (tâleb b7a99ou = he demanded his due), in a more formal, journalistic register. Only context distinguishes these uses, which are all written the same way.
Example
ولدها طالب في كلية الطب
weldha taleb fi kolliyet ettib
“Her son is a student at the medical school.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “taleb” but also “talb”, “talib”, “tâleb” and “t2aleb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.
Type “taleb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “student”; “Quranic scholar, reciter”: taleb in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “student, pupil”; “Quranic teacher, taleb”: taleb in Algerian.