tleb طلب
Algerian Darja · verb
“tleb” (طلب) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to ask for, request.
Meanings
- to ask for, request
- a request, application (noun)
- to order
Usage
The verb tleb means to ask someone for something. It takes men: "tleb menni drahem" (he asked me for money). It is also used for a marriage proposal ("tleb yedd-ha") or an order. The noun talab, a request, is common in online comments ("3andi talab", I have a request) and in administration ("talab khedma", job application). To ask a question, use sa9sa instead; tleb applies to getting something, not to information.
Example
طلب مني نعاونو في الخدمة
tleb menni n3awnou fel khedma
“He asked me to help him at work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tleb” but also “tlab”, “talab”, “tlob” and “tlb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tleb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to ask for, to request”; “to beg”: tleb in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to ask for, to request”; “to call (on the phone)”: tlab in Tunisian.