tayara طيارة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tayara” (طيارة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning plane.
Meanings
- plane
- kite
- (slang) awesome, brilliant
Usage
Tayyara is the usual word for a plane: rkebt fi ettayyara, "I took the plane". It also refers to the kite that children make. In slang, it is used as an invariable adjective for something or someone excellent: tayyara fil 9raya, "a whiz at school"; 3andou zhar tayyara, "he's incredibly lucky". This figurative sense belongs to the young, spoken register. The plural is tayyarat.
Example
برّا فال مطار يحبّوا على واحد يصبّ الما كي تطلع كلّ طيّارة
Bara fil matare i7ebou a3la wa7ed iseb elma ki tatle3 koul tayara
“Outside at the airport, they're looking for someone to pour water every time a plane takes off.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tayara” but also “tayyara”, “tayra” and “tiyara”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tayara” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “airplane”; “flight (trip by plane)”: tyara in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “airplane”; “kite (depending on region)”: tiyara in Algerian.