Home in Tunisian Arabic
“Dar” isn't just a house — it's THE house, the one everyone gathers in. Home vocabulary is what you hear most growing up in a Tunisian family.
Doors, rooms and everyday objects: every word with Arabic script, franco pronunciation and a real-life sentence.
The words (31 words)
- Glass — kesكاس
- Door — babباب
- House — darدار
- Room — bitبيت
- Chair — koursiكرسي
- Thing / item — 7ajaحاجة
- Clinic — mousa7aمصحة
- Floor — tabaqطابق
- Laundry — ghasilغسيل
- Manager — moudirمدير
- Side / direction — chiraشيرة
- Camera — msawraمصورة
- Table — tawlaطاولة
- Television — talfzaتلفزة
- Toilet — twaletتوالت
- Central — markaziمركزي
- School — madrasaمدرسة
- Telephone — talfounتلفون
- Clothes — jwayejجوايج
- Cup — finjenفنجان
- Jacket — vistaفيستا
- Address — adrissaادريسة
- Form — matbou3aمطبوعة
- Battery — pilبيل
- Bed — farshفرش
- Notebook — konchكنش
- Plate — s7anصحن
- Wall — 7itحيط
- Corner — ruknركن
- To shower — dewwechدوّش
- Teacher — m3allemمعلم
In franco, digits stand for Arabic sounds: 3 = ع, 7 = ح, 9 = ق.