tarikh تاريخ
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tarikh” (تاريخ) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning history (the past, the subject).
Meanings
- history (the past, the subject)
- date
Usage
The word tarikh, often pronounced terikh, has two common meanings. It first means history, that is, the past of a country or a field: tarikh tounes ("the history of Tunisia"). It also means "date": tarikh el-wiled ("date of birth"), bel le tarikh ("the date of the trip"). Note that tarikh never means "story" in the sense of a tale or anecdote. For that, one says 7kaya or 9assa. Both meanings are used in daily life as well as in a more formal register.
Example
تونس عندها تاريخ طويل
tounes 3andha terikh twil
“Tunisia has a long history.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tarikh” but also “terikh”, “tari5” and “teri5”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “tarikh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “date (specific day)”; “history (past, subject)”: tarikh in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “history (the past, the subject)”; “date”: tarikh in Algerian.