tawsil توصيل
Algerian Darja · noun
“tawsil” (توصيل) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning delivery.
Meanings
- delivery
- conveying, getting something across
Usage
Tawsil comes from the verb wassal, "to get something to someone, to drop someone off". It refers mainly to delivery in online shopping and social media announcements: tawsil mettaouffer (delivery available), tawsil l ga3 lwilayat (delivery to all wilayas). It is also used for transport or courier services. In speech, the French word livraison is at least as common. In more formal language, tawsil means "to convey" an idea or piece of information, a usage close to Standard Arabic.
Example
التوصيل كاين لكل الولايات؟
tawsil kayen l kol lwilayat ?
“Is delivery available to all the wilayas?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tawsil” but also “tawssil”, “towsil” and “tawsiil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tawsil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “delivery”; “giving someone a ride home”: tawsil in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “receipt, proof of payment”; “delivery”: twsil in Tunisian.