mazbout مزبوط
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mazbout” (مزبوط) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning well done, as it should be.
Meanings
- well done, as it should be
- tight, firmly fastened
- exact, correct
Usage
Mazbout describes what is done correctly, carefully, without fault. It is often used as an adverb after a verb: "ma ysawwerch mazbout" means "he doesn't film properly". It also describes what is firmly tied or fastened, for example a hairstyle or a knot. The feminine is mazbouta, as in "khedma mazbouta", a job well done. The register is familiar and common. The word covers "correct", "well" and "as it should be" at once. It should not be reduced to "exact" in the mathematical sense.
Example
دير الخدمة مزبوطة وما تزربش.
dir el khedma mazbouta w ma tzerbch.
“Do the job properly and don't rush.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mazbout” but also “mazbo6”, “mazbot”, “mezbout” and “mazboute”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).