tqelleq تقلق
Algerian Darja · verb
“tqelleq” (تقلق) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to get annoyed, irritated.
Meanings
- to get annoyed, irritated
- to worry, fret
Usage
Tqelleq means "to get annoyed, lose patience, be irritated". It is often heard in the negative: "ma tqelleqch", "don't get worked up", or as a complaint: "rak tqelleq", "you're annoying". The active form "qelleq" means "to annoy someone": "qelleqtni", "you annoyed me". The noun "qlaq" means annoyance or boredom. Pitfall: in standard Arabic the word mainly evokes worry; in darja the dominant meaning is irritation, with worry being secondary.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tqelleq” but also “tqalaq”, “tkellek”, “tqelq” and “t9elle9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “tqelleq” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to get angry, upset”; “to get annoyed, lose patience”: t9elle9 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to get impatient, annoyed, fed up”; “to get bored”: ti9la9 in Tunisian.