“Island”, “Islands” in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Jazira

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جزيرة (f)

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

Jozor

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جزر

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My mother was raised on an island.”

Ommi trabbet fi jazira.

.أمّي تربّات في جزيرة

 
“What is this island called?”

Chno esemha el jazira hedhi?

شنو اسمها الجزيرة هاذي؟

 
“What is that island out there called?”

Chno esemha el jazira hedhika li 8ad?

شنو اسمها الجزيرة هاذيكا لي غادي؟

 
“There is a ferry that goes to that island.”

Fama babour yemchi lel jazira heki.

.فمّا بابور يمشي للجزيرة هاكي

 
“Greece has many islands.”

El younen fiha barcha jozor.

.اليونان فيها برشا جزر

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Island”, “Islands” in Lebanese Arabic