“Width” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Width” (the noun, as in the category of measurement) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) 3ordh

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

   عرض (m)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
The width of this is…

(masculine-based object) El 3ordh mta3 hedha howa…

(feminine-based object) El 3ordh mta3 hedhi howa…

…العرض متاع هذا هو (masculine-based object)

…العرض متاع هاذي هو (feminine-based object)

 
Can you measure the width of this room?

Tnajem t9is 3ordh el bit hedhi?

تنجّم تقيس عرض البيت هاذي؟

 
The width of the room will be around three metres. 

3ordh el bit bech ykoun 7keyet thletha mitrou.

.عرض البيت باش يكون حكاية ثلاثة ميترو

 
What is the width of the table?

9adech 3ordh el tawla?

قدّاش عرض الطاولة؟

 
“The width of the table is 1.2 metres.”

El 3ordh mta3 el tawla mitro w 3echrin.

.العرض متاع الطاولة ميترو وعشرين

 

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