vista فيستة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“vista” (فيستة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning jacket, blazer.
Meanings
- jacket, blazer
- light coat
Usage
Vista is a very common adapted loanword for a jacket, whether part of a suit or a more casual one. The word is feminine: vista jdida, "a new jacket". In the plural, you hear vistet. It combines with the verbs lbes ("to put on") and na77a ("to take off"). For a thick coat, kabbout or manto is preferred. Pitfall for an English speaker: vista has nothing to do with the word "view" or "panorama". It is simply the Tunisian pronunciation of the French word "veste".
Example
إلبس الفيستة راهو الجو بارد
elbes el vista raho ejjaw bared
“Put on your jacket, it's cold.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “vista” but also “vesta”, “fista”, “vesté” and “veste”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find فيستة and ڥيستة, all the same word.
Type “vista” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “jacket, suit jacket”; “light coat”: fista in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written فيستا, where it means “jacket, suit jacket”; “light coat, bomber-style jacket”: vista in Algerian.