sahel ساهل
Algerian Darja · adjective
“sahel” (ساهل) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning easy.
Meanings
- easy
- easygoing, not demanding (person)
Usage
Sahel means easy. It agrees: sahla in the feminine, shal in the plural. It is often used in the negative, "machi sahel" (it's not easy, it's no small thing), to stress effort or merit. It is constructed with bach or ba: "machi sahel bach tdahhek ennas" (it's not easy to make people laugh). Applied to a person, it can mean easy to get along with, but also, depending on context, easy to satisfy. The word is common and neutral.
Example
هاد الخدمة ماشي ساهلة
had lekhedma machi sahla
“This job isn't easy.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sahel” but also “sahl”, “sahal”, “saahel” and “sahil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sahel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “easy, simple”; “accessible, within reach”: sahl in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “easy, simple”; “easygoing, accommodating”: sehel in Tunisian.