totlob تطلب

Tunisian Derja · verb

“totlob” (تطلب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to ask for (you ask, she asks).

Meanings

1. to ask for (you ask, she asks)
2. to order (café, restaurant)
3. to require, to need

Usage

Totlob is a conjugated form of the verb tlab, "to ask for", in the imperfect. It corresponds to "you ask for" or "she asks for". The person who receives the request is introduced by men: "totlob mennou", "you ask him for". In a café or restaurant, the verb means "to order": "chnowa totlob ?", "what are you having?". The corresponding noun is talab, "request", and "tlab yed" is used for a marriage proposal. To ask a question, "sa2el" is used instead, because tlab is for requesting something.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “totlob” but also “tatlob”, “totleb” and “tutlub”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “totlob” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to require, demand”; “to call for (effort, time, means)”: tetelleb in Moroccan.