Food in Tunisian Arabic
In Tunisia everything happens around the table: “makla” (food), “khobz” (bread), “3sal” (honey). You heard these words before you could even talk.
The core vocabulary of kitchen and table, in Arabic script and franco, with a living sentence for every word.
The words (33 words)
- Dinner — 3chaعشا
- Fish — 7outحوت
- Meat — l7amلحم
- Oil — zitزيت
- Rice — rouzروز
- Salt — mel7ملح
- Sugar — sokkorسكر
- Tea — teyتاي
- Water — maماء
- Bone — 3dhamعظم
- Beer — biraبيرا
- Chicken — djajدجاج
- Milk — 7libحليب
- Food — maklaمكلة
- Ice cream — 9lasقلاس
- Coffee — 9ahwaقهوة
- Apple — teffe7aتفاحة
- Potato — baṭaṭaبطاطا
- Tomato — tmātemطماطم
- Alcohol — alkolألكول
- Dessert — dissarديسار
- Sauce — salsaصالصة
- Chocolate — choklataشكلاطة
- Orange — berd9anبردقان
- Cheese — jbenجبن
- Fruit — ghallaغلة
- Honey — 3salعسل
- Spicy — 7arحار
- Fresh — ferchekفرشك
- Juice — 3asirعصير
- Breakfast — ftourفطور
- Bottle — dabbuzaدبوزة
- Drink — machroubمشروب
In franco, digits stand for Arabic sounds: 3 = ع, 7 = ح, 9 = ق.