"Bay", "Bays" in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Bay" (the noun, as in a large recessed area of coastline) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) 5alij

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 خليج (m)

In Tunisian Arabic, "Bays" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

5eljen

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

خلجان

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
"Does this bay have a name?"

Hedha el 5alij 3ando esm?

هذا الخليج عندو اسم؟

 
"This area of the coast has a few bays."

Hedhi el zone mta3 el se7el fiha chwaya 5eljen.

.هاذي الزون متاع الساحل فيها شوية خلجان

 
"I want to go on a trip around the bay."

N7eb nemchi na3mel doura 3al 5alij.

.نحب نمشي نعمل دورة عالخليج

 
"Look how beautiful the bay is!"

Chouf ma7leh el 5alij!

!شوف محلاه الخليج

 
"There are a few ships sailing around the bay!"

Hedhom chwaya bbaber mrakin 3al 5alij!

!هاذم شوية ببابر مراكين عالخليج

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

"Coast", "Coasts" in Tunisian Arabic

"Beach", "Beaches" in Tunisian Arabic