“Zipper”, “Zippers” in Tunisian Arabic

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

Salsla

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سلسلة

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

Slesel

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سلاسل

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My zipper is stuck.”

El salsla mte3i we7la.

.السلسلة متاعي واحلة

 
“Is your zipper stuck?”

El salsla mte3ek we7la?

السلسلة متاعك واحلة؟

 
“Do you prefer a jacket with a zipper or buttons?”

T7eb jacket bel salsla walla bel m9afel?

تحب جاكات بالسلسلة وإلّا بالمقافل؟

 
“I like a jacket with a zipper.”

N7eb jacket bel salsla.

.نحب جاكات بالسلسلة

 
“This tailor fixes zippers.”

Hedha el 5ayyat ysalla7 el slesel.

.هذا الخيّاط يصلّح السلاسل

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Zipper”, “Zippers” in Lebanese Arabic