or طَحَّانْ in Arabic
1/ Its what you call the flour maker in Arabic. Due to industrialisation this meaning is less used.
2/ Tunisian slang for traitor or dick-rider often used to insult a man. It was first used during the struggle against the French colonial rule where the French officers would bring in a man to rat out protest leaders after making arrests and would put flour bags on their heads to hide their identity hence the name ta7an.
1/ Its what you call the flour maker in Arabic. Due to industrialisation this meaning is less used.
2/ Tunisian slang for traitor or dick-rider often used to insult a man. It was first used during the struggle against the French colonial rule where the French officers would bring in a man to rat out protest leaders after making arrests and would put flour bags on their heads to hide their identity hence the name ta7an.
1/ Ahmed howa ta7an al-madina or Ahmed is the town's flour maker.
2-a/friend 1:"hey i got a 20 on my french exam"
friend 2:"ta7an franca"
2-a/friend 1:"hey i got a 20 on my french exam"
friend 2:"ta7an franca"
by mamadou el tounsi May 11, 2025