talfza تلفزة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“talfza” (تلفزة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning television set.
Meanings
- television set
- television (medium, channels)
Usage
Talfza is the common word for "television". It refers to both the set and the medium. It is a feminine noun: talfza jdida, "a new TV". One says tfarrej fel talfza, "to watch TV", with the preposition fi. The most common plural is talfzet. To speak of national television, the expression ettalfza ettounsiya is also used. The word is colloquial and very widespread; in a formal register or in writing, tilfaz is more usual.
Example
شعّل التلفزة نتفرجو في الماتش
cha3el ettalfza netfarjou fel match
“Turn on the TV, we'll watch the match.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “talfza” but also “telfza”, “talfaza” and “tilfza”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “talfza” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “television, TV set”; “television channel”: telfaza in Moroccan.