7amla حاملة
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“7amla” (حاملة) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning pregnant.
Meanings
- pregnant
- flood (noun)
Usage
7amla is the usual word for "pregnant". It is used both within the family and with a doctor. You say 7amla b + the baby: 7amla bih, "pregnant with him". To say how far along, add the month: 7amla f chher talt, "three months pregnant". As a noun, l7amla also refers to the flooding of a wadi or a flood after heavy rain. Only context tells the two meanings apart.
Example
كنت حاملة وماعرفاش
knt 7amla wma3arfach
“I was pregnant and I didn't know it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7amla” but also “hamla” and “7amlaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7amla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “pregnant”; “able to bear, endure (negative)”: 7amla in Tunisian.