tbourouri تبروري
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tbourouri” (تبروري) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning hail, hailstones.
Meanings
- hail, hailstones
Usage
Tbourouri refers to hail, the small ice pellets that fall during a storm. It's the everyday word heard in conversations about the weather, while the press and weather reports use the standard term instead. One says for example that the rain "turned into tbourouri" or that "tbourouri is falling". The word is used as a collective singular, with no particular plural. Latin spellings vary a lot depending on the region and vowel pronunciation.
Example
البارح طاح التبروري وكسّر البلّور
lbare7 ta7 ettbourouri w kassar ellballour
“Yesterday hail fell and broke the window panes.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tbourouri” but also “tbarouri”, “tabrouri” and “tbrouri”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.