“Wood” in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) 7tab

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حطب (m)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Can you help me pile this wood into the back of the truck?”

Tnejem t3aweni n3abiw l 7tab hedha fel kamyouna?

تنجم تعاوني نعبيو الحطب هذا في الكميونة؟

 
“My husband is in the backyard chopping wood.”

Rajli fel jardin e tileniya y9os fel 7tab.

.راجلي في الجردة التيلانية يقص في الحطب

 
“We need more wood for the fireplace.”

Nest7a9o akthar 7tab l cheminée.

.نستحقو أكثر حطب لشيميني

 
“What do you need all this wood for?”

Chbech ta3mel bih l7tab hedha lkol?

شباش تعمل بيه الحطب هذا الكل؟

 
“This place makes the best wood fired oven pizza in the city.”

L blasa hedhi ta3mel a7san pizza fi four l7tab fel madina.

.البلاصة هاذي تعمل أحسن بيتزا في فور الحطب في المدينة

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Forest”, “Forests” in Tunisian Arabic

“Tree”, “Trees” in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Wood” in Lebanese Arabic

“Wood” in Turkish