“Chicken”, “Chickens” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Chicken” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Djeja

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

دجاجة

In Tunisian Arabic, “Chickens” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Djej

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

دجاج

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
Female chickens lay eggs.

Djeja tbidh 3dham.

.دجاجة تبيض عظم

 
A rooster is a chicken.

El sardouk djeja.

.السردوك دجاجة

 
Domesticated chickens live in a chicken coop.

El djej diari y3ich fy 7adhira.

.دجاج دياري يعيش في حظيرة

 
Look at the chickens walking around over there!

Tfarj fy djej ydour l8adi!

!تفرج في دجاج يدور لغادي

 
My neighbour owns twelve chickens.

Jarna 3andou thenach djeja.

.جارنا عندو ثناش دجاجة

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Beef” in Tunisian Arabic

“Fish”, “Fishes” in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Chicken”, “Chickens” in Egyptian Arabic

“Chicken”, “Chickens” in Lebanese Arabic

“Chicken”, “Chickens” in Turkish
 

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