yamini يميني
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“yamini” (يميني) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning right-wing (politics).
Meanings
- right-wing (politics)
- on my right (3la ymini)
Usage
In the political sense, yamini describes a party or an idea as "right-wing". It is heard in TV debates and in discussions about political life, alongside yassari ("left-wing"). The second sense is literal: 3la ymini, "on my right", formed from ymin, "the right", followed by the possessive suffix. To simply indicate a direction, people more readily say 3al imin or 3al limin. The political sense belongs to a media register, close to Standard Arabic. In everyday conversation, it is mostly the phrase 3la ymini that comes up.
Example
هاك الحزب يميني، موش من جماعة اليسار.
hak el 7ezb yamini, mouch min jma3t el yasar.
“That party is right-wing, it's not one of the left-wing crowd.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “yamini” but also “yemini” and “yaminii”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.