thi9a ثقة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“thi9a” (ثقة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning trust.
Meanings
- trust
- reliable person
- self-confidence
Usage
Thi9a refers to the trust one places in someone or something. You say ena 3andi thi9a fik (“I trust you”) or ma 3andich thi9a fih (“I don't trust him”). With a possessive suffix you get thi9tek, thi9ti: khsert thi9ti (“you lost my trust”). Used alone as a predicate, howa thi9a means “he's someone reliable”. Thi9a fi rou7ek is self-confidence. Thi9a 3amya means “blind trust”. The word comes from Standard Arabic but is fully current in speech, with no formal flavor.
Example
عندي ثقة فيه، ما يخذلنيش
3andi thi9a fih, ma ykhadhelnich
“I trust him, he won't let me down.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “thi9a” but also “the9a”, “thiqa”, “ti9a”, “th9a” and “thi9e”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find ثقة and ثيقة, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “thi9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “trust, confidence”; “reliable person or thing”: ti9a in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “trust, confidence”; “reliable, trustworthy person”: thi9a in Algerian.