khales خالص
Algerian Darja · adjective
“khales” (خالص) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning paid, remunerated, settled.
Meanings
- paid, remunerated, settled
- pure, sincere
Usage
Khales is used in the sense of "paid" or "settled": a khales job is paid, a khalsa debt is settled. It is linked to the verb khelles (to pay). This meaning coexists with a more formal use meaning "pure, sincere", especially in religious formulas ("khales lwajh Allah", done sincerely for God) or epistolary ones ("khales tahiyati", my sincere greetings). The context makes it possible to tell the two apart. Feminine: khalsa.
Example
الخدمة خالصة مليح والماكلة عليهم
lkhedma khalsa mlih w lmakla 3lihom
“The job pays well and their food is covered.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khales” but also “khaless”, “5ales” and “khalas”. 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 “khales” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “paid, settled”; “pure, unmixed”: khales in Moroccan.