dakhel داخل
Algerian Darja · preposition
“dakhel” (داخل) is a preposition in Algerian Darja meaning in, inside.
Meanings
- in, inside
- entering, going in
- inside (adverb)
Usage
Dakhel is used as a preposition meaning "inside": dakhel ed-dar ("in the house"). It is also used on its own, as an adverb: rah dakhel ("he is inside"). It is also the active participle of the verb dkhel ("to enter"), hence "entering" or "in the process of entering". The feminine is dakhla: ana dakhel nchouf ("I'm going in to see"). Depending on the context, you have to decide whether it refers to a place or to a movement. For "in", the spoken language most often uses fi or f-, and keeps dakhel for the idea of interiority.
Example
حط الصاك داخل الطوموبيل
7at sac dakhel tomobil
“Put the bag inside the car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dakhel” but also “da5el”, “dakhal” and “dakhl”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “dakhel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “in, inside of”; “entering, coming in”: dakhel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “inside, indoors”; “inside of, within”: de5el in Tunisian.