thnech اثناش
Tunisian Derja · numeral
“thnech” (اثناش) is a numeral in Tunisian Derja meaning twelve.
Meanings
- twelve
Usage
Thnech (also ethnech) is the number twelve in Tunisian. Like the other numbers from eleven to nineteen, it goes directly before a singular noun: thnech dinar, "twelve dinars", or thnech wa7ed, "twelve people". It is also used alone to give a time, a room number or a flight number: el thnech, "(at) noon" or "the twelfth". The Tunisian pronunciation greatly reduces the classical form. An English speaker should therefore expect to hear "thnèch", with the th sometimes pronounced like a t.
Example
نتلاقاو مع اثناش
netle9aw m3a thnech
“Let's meet around noon.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “thnech” but also “ethnech”, “thnach”, “ithnech” and “thnèch”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.