ajjel اجل
Algerian Darja · verb
“ajjel” (اجل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to postpone, put off.
Meanings
- to postpone, put off
- to delay, defer
Usage
The verb ajjel means "to postpone" or "to defer": an exam, an appointment, a party, a match. It is most common in school, administrative and sports contexts: ajjlou l'examen, "they postponed the exam". The register is a bit more refined than that of its colloquial equivalents, akhkher ("to delay") and the loanword reporta. The related noun, ajal, means a deadline or time limit: akher ajal, "final deadline". Do not confuse it with the word ajal meaning "the end of one's life".
Example
أجّلو الامتحان للسيمانة الجاية.
ajjlou l'imti7an l simana jaya.
“They postponed the exam until next week.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ajjel” but also “ajel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ajjel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “postpone, put off”; “delay”: 2ejjel in Moroccan.