twsil توصيل
Tunisian Derja · noun
“twsil” (توصيل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning receipt, proof of payment.
Meanings
- receipt, proof of payment
- delivery
Usage
In Tunisia, twsil above all means the receipt, i.e. the paper handed over after a payment or an errand: at the pharmacy, in an administration, for a registration or a bill. You ask for it with ta3tini twsil? ("will you give me a receipt?"). It is also heard in the sense of delivery, especially in online commerce, but this sense remains secondary compared to livraison, borrowed from French. Pitfall for an English speaker: don't understand it only as "delivery", the sense it has in standard Arabic.
Example
ما تنساش تاخو التوصيل كي تخلّص.
ma tensech tekhou ettwsil ki tkhalles.
“Don't forget to take the receipt when you pay.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “twsil” but also “tawsil”, “touwsil” and “tousil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “twsil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “delivery”; “giving someone a ride home”: tawsil in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “delivery”; “conveying, getting something across”: tawsil in Algerian.