thmantachen ثمنطاشن
Tunisian Derja · numeral
“thmantachen” (ثمنطاشن) is a numeral in Tunisian Derja meaning eighteen (before a noun).
Meanings
- eighteen (before a noun)
Usage
Thmantachn is the form of thmantach, "eighteen", used before the counted noun: thmantachn dinar, "eighteen dinars". Like the other numbers from eleven to nineteen, it takes a linking n when followed by a noun, which stays singular. On its own, to answer a question or give an age, you simply say thmantach. The form is very common in speech, especially for prices and ages. The th is often pronounced t in some regions; in arabizi, the ch is sometimes written with the digit 4.
Example
الكيلو بثمنطاشن دينار.
el kilo b thmantachn dinar.
“A kilo is eighteen dinars.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “thmantachen”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.