rmel رمل
Algerian Darja · noun
“rmel” (رمل) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning sand.
Meanings
- sand
Usage
Rmel is the common word for "sand". It is used for the beach, the building site or the desert: rmel ta3 el bhar, "beach sand", or rmel ta3 el bni, "building sand". It often comes up when talking about the Sahara, with its dunes and palm trees, and it appears in place names like Hassi R'mel. The word is masculine and uncountable, as in English. The verbal sense "to throw stones", given by some sources, is not a common usage.
Example
الصحرا ماشي غير رمل
sahra machi ghir rmel
“The desert isn't just sand.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rmel” but also “ramel”, “remel”, “remmel” and “rmal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rmel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sand”: rmal in Tunisian.