Body in Tunisian Arabic
“Rasi youja3ni” — my head hurts: body words are everywhere in everyday Derja, from small aches to big laughs.
Here's the body vocabulary in Tunisian, with Arabic script, franco and a concrete sentence for every word.
The words (39 words)
- Hand — yidيد
- Mouth — fammفم
- Ear — wdhenوذن
- Eye — 3inعين
- Face — wjehوجه
- Leg — saqساق
- Hair — sha3rشعر
- Head — rasراس
- Heart — qalbقلب
- Pocket — jibجيب
- Bone — 3dhamعظم
- Doctor — tbibطبيب
- Lens — 3adassaعدسة
- Dizzy — dayekhدايخ
- Skin — bachraبشرة
- To suffer — 3anaعانى
- Throat — qrajemقراجم
- Hospital — sbitarسبيتار
- Allergy — 7asasiyaحساسية
- Shampoo — chambwaشامبوا
- Treatment — tratementتراتمون
- Blood — demدم
- Cheek — khaddخد
- Body — bdanبدن
- Chest — sderصدر
- Elbow — kou3كوع
- Finger — sbo3صبع
- Foot — qdamقدم
- Health — sahhaصحة
- To hurt — wja3وجع
- Medicine — dwaدوا
- Neck — 3nuqعنق
- Nose — khashmخشم
- Shoulder — ktifكتف
- Lipstick — 7mirحمير
- To get hurt — tjra7تجرح
- Perm — permanenteبرمانونت
- Prescription — ordonnanceأوردوننس
- Oily — mzayyetمزيت
In franco, digits stand for Arabic sounds: 3 = ع, 7 = ح, 9 = ق.