tla9 طلاق
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tla9” (طلاق) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning divorce.
Meanings
- divorce
- repudiation
Usage
Tla9 is the common word for divorce. It is used in conversation as well as in legal vocabulary, with expressions such as tla9 bettaradhi (divorce by mutual consent) or tla9 bedhdharar (divorce for harm suffered). The corresponding verb is tallaq, "to divorce", which takes an object: tallaqha, "he divorced her". For a woman, one rather says tetla9et, "she is divorced". The long vowel is often heard closed to é: tlé9. The subject remains sensitive in families, and is often approached with restraint.
Example
طلبت الطلاق من راجلها
tolbet ettla9 men rajelha
“She asked her husband for a divorce.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tla9” but also “tle9”, “tlaq” and “tala9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
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 “tla9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “divorce”; “repudiation”: tla9 in Moroccan.