tmanin ثمانين
Tunisian Derja · numeral
“tmanin” (ثمانين) is a numeral in Tunisian Derja meaning eighty.
Meanings
- eighty
Usage
Cardinal number meaning eighty. In Tunisian it is often pronounced tmanin, the th of Classical Arabic frequently being reduced to t in the speech of many speakers. In compound numbers the unit comes first, joined by w: "khamsa w tmanin" (eighty-five). The counted noun is singular: "tmanin dinar". Commonly heard for prices, ages and distances.
Example
جدي عمرو ثمانين سنة.
jeddi 3omrou tmanin sna.
“My grandfather is eighty years old.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tmanin” but also “thmanin” and “tmenin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.