tartib ترتيب

Tunisian Derja · noun

“tartib” (ترتيب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning ranking, standing.

Meanings

1. ranking, standing
2. tidying, putting in order
3. order, arrangement

Usage

Tartib is the noun derived from rattib, "to arrange, to rank." In Tunisia it is heard mostly for the ranking of a team or a pupil: "tartib l-équipe fi l-bTOula" (the team's ranking in the championship). It also refers to the organisation of a place or an event, often alongside tanDHim (organisation). The word comes from Standard Arabic but is fully part of everyday speech, with no formal connotation. For "to tidy up" in the concrete sense, the verbs rattib or lemm are used more often than the noun. In the plural, tartibet means preparations.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tartib” but also “tartiib” and “tertib”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “tartib” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “order, tidiness”; “organization, preparations”: trtib in Moroccan.