tsaker تساكر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tsaker” (تساكر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning tickets.
Meanings
- tickets
Usage
Tsaker is the plural of teskra, "ticket". The word is used for the train, bus, metro, cinema or a match. You count with zouz for "two": "zouz tsaker", "two tickets". To buy a ticket, you say "9ass teskra", literally "to cut a ticket". The word is common in all registers. Watch the singular: teskra, not tsakra.
Example
قصيت زوز تساكر للماتش متاع الأحد.
9assit zouz tsaker lel match mta3 el a7ad.
“I got two tickets for Sunday's match.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tsaker” but also “tsakir”, “tasaker”, “tsekir” and “tsakar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.