tri9 طريق
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tri9” (طريق) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning road, street.
Meanings
- road, street
- way, journey
- means, manner
Usage
Tri9 (often pronounced with a very guttural q, or even a g in some regions) refers to the road or street, but also to the journey. It is mostly feminine in Tunisia: et-tri9 twila (the road is long). Common expressions are fi tri9i (I'm on my way), 9as et-tri9 (to cross the street) and tri9 sa3ida, a wish for a good journey. The plural is torget or toro9. Figuratively, tri9 can mean a means or a way of doing something. The spelling tari9 reflects a pronunciation closer to Standard Arabic.
Example
الطريق طويلة، خرج بكري
et-tri9 twila, o5rej bekri
“The road is long, leave early.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tri9” but also “tari9”, “trig”, “triq” and “tre9”. 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 “tri9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “road, path”; “street, way”: tri9 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “road, path”; “route, direction”: triq in Algerian.