mablagh مبلغ

Algerian Darja · noun

“mablagh” (مبلغ) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning sum of money, amount.

Meanings

1. sum of money, amount
2. amount (of a price, a cost)

Usage

Mablagh refers to a sum of money, an amount. People often say "mablagh mali" or simply "mablagh": "3andou mablagh mlih", "he has a nice sum". The register is neutral, slightly administrative: it is found with prices, debts, transfers and announcements. In casual conversation, people rather say "drahem", "money", or "ch7al", "how much", to ask a price. The plural is mabaligh.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mablagh” but also “mabla8”, “mablegh” and “mablar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.

Type “mablagh” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “amount, sum of money”: mablagh in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sum of money, amount”: mablegh in Tunisian.