ma9boul مقبول
Algerian Darja · adjective
“ma9boul” (مقبول) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning acceptable, passable.
Meanings
- acceptable, passable
- accepted, approved
- granted (religious formula)
Usage
Maqboul means "acceptable" or "decent": el khedma maqbouła, "the work is passable". It is used for an average but sufficient result, without enthusiasm. It also means "accepted": chartek maqboul, "your condition is accepted". It appears mainly in very common religious formulas: siyam maqboul (during Ramadan), hajj maqboul (on return from pilgrimage), to which one replies inchallah. The feminine is maqbouła; the plural is maqboulin. The word is neutral, between darja and standard Arabic.
Example
الماكلة تاع هاد الريسطو مقبولة، ماشي خايبة.
lmakla ta3 had restau ma9boula, machi khayba.
“The food at this restaurant is decent, not bad.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma9boul” but also “maqboul”, “makboul”, “mqboul” and “maqbul”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “ma9boul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “acceptable, admissible”; “nice, pleasant, likeable”: m9boul in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “acceptable, decent”; “accepted (prayer, fast)”: ma9boul in Tunisian.