taswira تصويرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“taswira” (تصويرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning photo.
Meanings
- photo
- picture
Usage
Taswira is the usual word for a photo, whether taken on a phone or printed. The plural is tsawer. The most common construction is na5ou taswira (to take a photo), with the verb "take", as in English. With a suffix pronoun, the final t reappears: taswirti (my photo), taswirtou (his photo). A camera is called msawra or kamira. The French word "photo" is also widely used as is, especially among young people and on social media.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “taswira” but also “tsawira”, “tasswira”, “tasouira” and “taswirra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “taswira” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “photo, photograph”; “image, illustration”: tswira in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “photo, photograph”; “image, illustration”: tsawira in Algerian.