tasjil تسجيل

Tunisian Derja · noun

“tasjil” (تسجيل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning registration (school, university).

Meanings

1. registration (school, university)
2. recording (sound, video)
3. check-in (luggage, flight)

Usage

Tasjil is commonly used for administrative registration, especially at school and university. In September you hear "el tasjil" or "fraisse tasjil" (registration fees) everywhere. It also refers to audio or video recording, as in "tasjil sawti" (a recorded voice message). At the airport, it refers to luggage check-in, although many people simply say "l'enregistrement" in French. The word comes from Standard Arabic, but it has fully entered everyday usage. The corresponding verb is "sajjel" (to register, to record).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

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

Type “tasjil” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “recording (audio, video)”; “registration, enrollment”: tsjil in Moroccan.