terzi تارزي
Tunisian Derja · noun
“terzi” (تارزي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning tailor.
Meanings
- tailor
- tailor's shop
Usage
Terzi refers to a tailor or dressmaker, someone who sews, alters, or makes custom clothing. The word is very common: you go 3and et-terzi to shorten trousers or have a jebba made. By extension, it also refers to the shop itself, like saying in English "go to the tailor's". The feminine terzia is used for a seamstress. The trade itself is called tarzâwa or khidmet et-terzi. The word is of Turkish origin. Don't confuse it with khayyat, more literary, which is also heard but less in conversation.
Example
هزيت السروال للتارزي باش يقصّرو.
hazzit esserwel lel terzi bech y9assrou.
“I took the trousers to the tailor so he could shorten them.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “terzi” but also “tarzi”, “tarzy” and “terzy”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.