9bol قبول
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9bol” (قبول) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning acceptance, approval.
Meanings
- acceptance, approval
- charm, likability
Usage
The word 9bol first refers to being accepted, for example an application or a request. In everyday use, the expression "3ando l9bol" means that a person is spontaneously liked by others: pleasant, endearing and welcome everywhere. Conversely, "ma 3andoch l9bol" is said of someone people don't like, often without knowing why. This second sense is very frequent and has no direct equivalent. Depending on context, it can be rendered as "charm", "being well liked" or "being likable". The word is almost always used with the article: l9bol.
Example
جاني القبول من الجامعة
jani l9bol mn jami3a
“The acceptance from the university came to me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9bol” but also “9boul”, “qboul”, “9obol”, “9oboul” and “qoboul”. 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 “9bol” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “charisma, likability”; “acceptance, admission”: 9boul in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “acceptance, act of accepting”; “admission (school, application)”: 9boul in Tunisian.