mosalsal مسلسل

Algerian Darja · noun

“mosalsal” (مسلسل) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning TV series, serial.

Meanings

1. TV series, serial

Usage

Mosalsal means a TV series or serial. It comes up mostly during Ramadan, when Algerian channels broadcast their series and sitcoms. The plural is "mosalsalat". It is often paired with the verb "chaf" or the verb "tfarrej" (to watch): "ntfarrej f mosalsal". An episode is "halqa", and a season is "mawsim" or simply "saison". The word comes from Standard Arabic but has entered everyday use. Many people also use the French word "série".

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mosalsal” but also “moussalsal”, “mousalsal”, “msalsal” and “mosalsel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “mosalsal” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “TV series, serial”: mousalsal in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “TV series, soap opera”: mousalsal in Tunisian.