3amaliya عملية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“3amaliya” (عملية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning surgical operation.
Meanings
- surgical operation
- operation, process
Usage
3amaliya mainly means a surgical operation. One says dir 3amaliya, "to have an operation", and dar 3amaliya f rejlih, "he had an operation on his leg". It is also used for an operation or procedure: banking, calculation, military. The plural is 3amaliyat. Beware of the homonym: 3amaliya is also the feminine of the adjective 3amali, "practical, effective". Thus, had lkhedma machi 3amaliya means "this job is not practical".
Example
أنا غادي ندير عملية
ana ghadi ndir 3amaliya
“I'm going to have an operation.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3amaliya” but also “3amalia”, “3amaliyya” and “amaliya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3amaliya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “surgical operation”; “operation, process”: 3amaliya in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “surgery, surgical operation”; “operation, action carried out”: 3amaliya in Tunisian.