teffe7 تفاح
Tunisian Derja · noun
“teffe7” (تفاح) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning apple(s).
Meanings
- apple(s)
- apple flavour (shisha, pastry)
Usage
Teffe7 is a collective noun. It refers to apples in general, or to apples as a fruit bought by the kilo: "chrit kilo teffe7". For a single apple, use the singular form teffe7a; the counted plural is teffe7at: "zouz teffe7at" (two apples). The word is also used to name a flavour, as in "chicha teffe7" or "fatayer teffe7" (apple turnovers). Be careful not to confuse it with batata, which means potato.
Example
نحب كيلو تفاح، يعيشك.
n7eb kilo teffe7, ya3ychek.
“I'd like a kilo of apples, please.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “teffe7” but also “tofe7”, “teffah”, “toffe7” and “tfe7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “teffe7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “apples (collective)”; “apple tree, fruit in general”: tfa7 in Moroccan.