teskra تسكرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“teskra” (تسكرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning ticket, transport ticket.
Meanings
- ticket, transport ticket
- admission ticket
Usage
Teskra is the usual word for a ticket: for a train, bus, plane, metro, cinema or match. You say teskra mechi w jey for a return ticket and 9ta3 teskra for "to buy a ticket". The plural is tsaker. The word is used in all registers, and the French "billet" or "ticket" is also heard in town. For a banknote, you don't say teskra but warka.
Example
قطعت تسكرة للتران متاع تونس.
9ta3t teskra lel tran mta3 Tounes.
“I got a ticket for the Tunis train.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “teskra” but also “tiskra”, “taskra”, “tesskra” and “tesekra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.