tsarref تصرف
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tsarref” (تصرف) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to manage, handle a situation.
Meanings
- to manage, handle a situation
- to behave, to act
- behaviour, attitude (noun)
Usage
As a verb, tsarref first means "to manage", "to find a solution": tsarref (sort it out), tsarrafna fiha (we took care of it). With fi, it means to have at one's disposal something, to handle it: tsarref fil flous (he handled the money). It also means "to behave": tsarref kif ennes (behave properly). As a noun, read tasarrof, it means behaviour (tasarrof mouch lay9, inappropriate behaviour) and, in school and administrative vocabulary, management: iqtisad w tasarrof is the "economics and management" stream of the Tunisian baccalaureate. Saying tsarref to someone can sound curt, even offhand.
Example
ما عنديش وقت، تصرّف وحدك
ma 3andich wa9t, tsarref wa7dek
“I don't have time, sort it out yourself.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tsarref” but also “tsaref”, “tasarof”, “tasarrof” and “tsarraf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tsarref” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to behave, act”; “to manage, handle a situation”: tserref in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to manage, find a solution”; “to behave, act”: tsarref in Algerian.