re7la رحلة
Algerian Darja · noun
“re7la” (رحلة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning trip, journey.
Meanings
- trip, journey
- excursion, organized outing
Usage
Re7la refers to a journey, often organized or of some length: a school outing, a group excursion, or a trip shown in a video. For a simple departure or a stay abroad, everyday speech also readily uses safar or the borrowing "voyage". Common constructions are re7la l + place (re7la l Tamanrasset) and dir re7la, "to take a trip". The plural is re7lat. It also occurs figuratively, as in re7la ta3 l7ayat, "the journey of life", in a more written register.
Example
درنا رحلة لبجاية مع صحابي.
derna re7la l Bjaya m3a s7abi.
“We took a trip to Béjaïa with my friends.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “re7la” but also “rihla”, “ri7la”, “rehla” and “r7la”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “re7la” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “trip, journey”; “excursion, organized outing”: ri7la in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “trip, journey”; “excursion, organised outing”: re7la in Tunisian.