majal مجال
Algerian Darja · noun
“majal” (مجال) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning field, sector.
Meanings
- field, sector
- scope, room
Usage
Majal refers to a field of activity or competence. It is used mostly in the construction f majal…: f majal tasyir, "in the field of management". It is a word of Standard Arabic origin in a neutral or semi-formal register, frequent when talking about studies, work or projects. In everyday speech, you also hear the French "domaine" or khadma ("work"), which are more concrete. Majal can also mean "room, possibility", as in ma kanch majal, "there was no way".
Example
خدام في مجال الإعلام الآلي
khdem f majal l'informatique
“He works in the field of computing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “majal” but also “mejal”, “madjal” and “majel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “majal” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “field, area of activity”; “scope, room”: majal in Moroccan.