tletach ثلتاش
Tunisian Derja · numeral
“tletach” (ثلتاش) is a numeral in Tunisian Derja meaning thirteen.
Meanings
- thirteen
Usage
Tletach is the Tunisian form of "thirteen". Like the other numbers from eleven to nineteen, it ends in -ach (7dach, tnach, arba3tach…). Before a noun, -en is often added: tletachen nhar, "thirteen days". The noun that follows stays singular. For dates, people say nhar tletach, "the thirteenth". For a school grade out of twenty, they say jebet tletach, "she got thirteen". Online, the number is also frequently written in digits.
Example
عندي ثلتاش عام.
3andi tletach 3am.
“I am thirteen years old.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tletach” but also “tlettach”, “tlatach”, “tletache” and “tletech”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.