tejbed تجبد
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tejbed” (تجبد) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning pull, take out.
Meanings
- pull, take out
- withdraw money
- resemble (tjbed fi)
Usage
Tejbed is an inflected form of the verb jbed, "to pull": it means "you pull" or "she pulls". The verb is used for pulling a door or a rope, and for taking an object out of a place, for example clothes from a wardrobe. With flous, it means "to withdraw money" at the ATM. Constructed with fi followed by a person, it means "to resemble someone", especially for a child who looks like a parent. The word belongs to the everyday register. An English speaker should pay attention to the preposition, as it determines which of these senses is meant.
Example
إجبد الباب وراك
ejbed el beb warak
“Pull the door behind you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tejbed” but also “tjbed”, “tejbid” and “tjebed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.