tlab طلب
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tlab” (طلب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to ask for, to request.
Meanings
- to ask for, to request
- to call (on the phone)
- request, application (noun: talab)
Usage
Tlab is commonly used for "asking" someone for something. You say tlab menni (he asked me), followed by a conjugated verb with no equivalent of "to": tlab menni n3awnou (he asked me to help him). In the present, it is yotlob. It is also widely used for "calling on the phone": ntalbek ba3d (I'll call you later). In this sense, it can be confused with "asking". The noun talab, pronounced with two vowels, means a formal request or an application. It is found mainly in administrative contexts, for example talab khedma (job application).
Example
طلب منّي نعاونو في الخدمة
tlab menni n3awnou fel khedma
“He asked me to help him at work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tlab” but also “talab”, “tleb”, “tlabt” and “otlob”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tlab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to ask for, to request”; “to beg”: tleb in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to ask for, request”; “a request, application (noun)”: tleb in Algerian.