zyara زيارة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“zyara” (زيارة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning visit.
Meanings
- visit
- pilgrimage to a saint's shrine
- sightseeing visit
Usage
Zyara first means a visit paid to someone, to family or to a sick person: "jina zyara" means "we came to visit". The word also has a traditional sense: the pious visit to the shrine of a saint (wali), often accompanied by offerings. It is finally used for a tourist or official visit. The corresponding verb is zar, yzour. Keep in mind that zyara often has a social or religious connotation that "visit" does not always have.
Example
جات خالتي زيارة البارح
jet khalti zyara lbere7
“My aunt came to visit yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zyara” but also “ziyara”, “zyera”, “zeyara” and “zyar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “zyara” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “visit (to someone, a patient)”; “pious visit to a shrine”: zyara in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “visit (to a person, a place)”; “pious visit to a saint”: ziyara in Algerian.