terbiya تربية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“terbiya” (تربية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning upbringing, good manners.
Meanings
- upbringing, good manners
- raising (animals)
- education (schooling)
Usage
Terbiya refers mainly to the upbringing received at home, that is, good manners and politeness. The most common expression is 9illet terbiya, "rudeness, lack of manners". One also says mrabbi for a well-mannered person, and ma 3andouch terbiya for an ill-mannered one. The word is also used for animal raising: terbiyet el-ma4iya ("livestock raising"), terbiyet e-djej ("chicken farming"). The school sense also exists, as in terbiya badaniya ("physical education"). Note: the meaning "baby" suggested by some sources is wrong.
Example
هاذي قلّة تربية، ما تحكيش هكّا مع الكبار
hedhi 9illet terbiya, ma te7kich hakka m3a lkbar
“That's bad manners, you don't talk like that to your elders.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “terbiya” but also “tarbiya”, “tarbia”, “terbia” and “trabia”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “terbiya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “upbringing, education”; “good manners, etiquette”: trbiya in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “upbringing, good manners”; “breeding (of animals)”: tarbiya in Algerian.