tari9a طريقة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tari9a” (طريقة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning way, manner of doing.
Meanings
- way, manner of doing
- method, procedure
- Sufi order
Usage
Tari9a means the way of doing something: "tari9t el tayb" (the way of cooking), "b tari9a okhra" (in another way). For "how to do it", people often say "chniya tari9a?" or use kifech. The word is also used for a working or learning method. In a religious context, it means a Sufi order, such as the Issawiya. The plural is torro9 or tora9. Do not confuse this word with tri9 (the path, the road), which is from the same root but has a concrete and different use.
Example
علمني الطريقة باش نعمل الكسكسي.
3allemni tari9a bech na3mel el kosksi.
“Teach me how to make couscous.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tari9a” but also “tariqa”, “tarika”, “tari9” and “tari9aa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “tari9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “way, manner”; “method, procedure”: tari9a in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “way, manner”; “method, means”: tari9a in Algerian.