tanbri تنبري
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tanbri” (تنبري) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning postage stamp.
Meanings
- postage stamp
- revenue stamp
Usage
Tanbri is a loanword adapted from French "timbre". It primarily refers to the postage stamp bought at the post office for a letter or postcard. It is also used for the revenue stamp required in administrative procedures, often specified as tanbri jbeyi. The common plural is tnabri. The word is in general, everyday use. For an English speaker, the only difficulty lies in the spelling: the French "m" often becomes "n" before "b", hence the spellings tanbri and tenbri.
Example
لازمني تنبري باش نبعث الجواب.
lezmni tanbri bech nab3eth ejjweb.
“I need a stamp to send the letter.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tanbri” but also “tenbri”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.