kamel كامل
Algerian Darja · adjective
“kamel” (كامل) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning whole, entire.
Meanings
- whole, entire
- all, completely
Usage
Kamel most often comes after the noun: lâalam kamel ("the whole world"), nhar kamel ("all day"), dzayer kamel ("all of Algeria"). Placed before it, kamel lwilayat means "all the wilayas". Used alone, it means "all" or "completely": kamel jaw ("they all came"), ma fhemtch kamel ("I didn't understand anything at all"). Its synonym ga3 is very common. Kamel is also a male given name: context resolves the ambiguity.
Example
قعدت نستنا فيه نهار كامل
q3adt nestna fih nhar kamel
“I waited for him the whole day.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kamel” but also “kaml”, “kaamel” and “kamla”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kamel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “whole, all”; “complete, finished”: kamel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “whole, complete”; “all, the whole (before noun)”: kamel in Tunisian.