tedkhol تدخل
Algerian Darja · verb
“tedkhol” (تدخل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to enter, go into a place.
Meanings
- to enter, go into a place
- to touch, win over ("enter the heart")
- to meddle in, get involved
Usage
Tedkhol is a conjugated form of the verb dkhel, yedkhol (to enter): "you enter" or "she enters". It is used for entering a place, with l' or f: tedkhol l'dar, tedkhol fel bit. The expression tedkhol lel qalb is said of a person, a voice or a video that is spontaneously appealing. With the preposition f, dkhel f takes the sense of "to meddle in": ma tedkholch f had chi, "don't get involved in that". The dictionary sense "to intervene" comes mostly from Standard Arabic tadakhkhul. Depending on the region, it is pronounced tedkhol or tedkhel.
Example
تدخل للدار ولا تستنى برا؟
tedkhol l'dar wela testenna barra?
“Are you coming into the house or waiting outside?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tedkhol” but also “tadkhol”, “tdkhol”, “tedkhel” and “tadkhal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tedkhol” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to meddle, interfere”; “to intervene”: tdekhel in Moroccan.