tla3 طلع
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tla3” (طلع) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to go up, climb.
Meanings
- to go up, climb
- to turn out to be
- to come out, appear, rise
Usage
Tla3 (imperfect yotla3) first means "to go up": tla3 edrouj, "he went up the stairs". It is very often used in the sense of "to turn out": tla3 kaddeb, "he turned out to be a liar". It is also used for things that appear or rise, like the sun (tal3et echams). It is also used for a price, a temperature or morale going up. The expression rou7i bech totla3, "my soul is going to come out", conveys exasperation or exhaustion. The form talla3 is transitive and means "to bring up, take out something". The opposite of tla3 is hbat, "to go down".
Example
طلعت الدروج جري
tla3t edrouj jery
“I ran up the stairs.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tla3” but also “tala3”, “tle3”, “tlaa” and “tla3t”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “tla3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to go up, climb”; “to turn out to be”: tla3 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to go up, to climb”; “to rise (prices, morale)”: tla3 in Algerian.