khlass خلاص
Algerian Darja · interjection
“khlass” (خلاص) is an interjection in Algerian Darja meaning enough, that's it.
Meanings
- enough, that's it
- it's over, so
- (noun) payment, salary
Usage
Khlass is mainly used to close a discussion or a situation: "enough", "that's it", "it's settled". Said in a curt tone, it shows irritation: khlass ! (stop it!). In storytelling, it takes on the value of "so" or "it's decided": khlass, rani rayha (right, I'm leaving). As a noun, khlass means payment or pay: ma khelsounich (they didn't pay me), nhar el khlass (payday). The related verb is khelles (to pay).
Example
خلاص، ما نزيدش نهدر معاه
khlass, ma nzidch nehder m3ah
“That's it, I'm not talking to him anymore.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khlass” but also “khalas”, “5lass”, “khlas” and “khlasse”. 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 “khlass” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “payment, settlement”; “pay, wages”: khlass in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “payment, settlement”; “pay, salary”: 5las in Tunisian.