nzel نزل
Algerian Darja · verb
“nzel” (نزل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to go down.
Meanings
- to go down
- to get off a vehicle
- to drop (price, level)
Usage
Nzel means to go down: stairs, a slope, or "towards the town" when leaving a neighbourhood on higher ground. With a vehicle, it means "to get off": "nzel men tobis". In the present tense, one says yenzel, and in the imperative enzel or anzel. For prices, temperature or a grade, the meaning is "to drop". In a religious context, it refers to revelation: what God sent down. To take something down, the causative form nezzel is used. Note: nzel can also mean "to settle in" or "to stay at someone's place".
Example
نزل من الطوبيس قدام البريد
nzel men tobis qoddam lbrid
“He got off the bus in front of the post office.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nzel” but also “nzal”, “nezel” and “nzl”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nzel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to go down, get off”; “to fall (rain)”: nzel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “go down, come down”; “get off (a vehicle)”: nzel in Tunisian.