bslama بالسلامة
Moroccan Darija · interjection
“bslama” (بالسلامة) is an interjection in Moroccan Darija meaning goodbye.
Meanings
- goodbye
- safe travels
Usage
Bslama is the most common way of saying goodbye. Literally, it means "with peace, safe and sound". You say it when leaving someone, hanging up the phone, or seeing a guest off. Attached to a question about the destination, as in "fin ghadi bslama?", it adds a wish for a good journey and softens the question. The usual replies are "bslama" or "llah ysellmek". It suits all registers, casual and polite. Do not confuse it with "salam", which is used mainly to greet someone on arrival.
Example
بالسلامة هتال منبعد
bslama htal mnb3d
“Goodbye, see you later.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bslama” but also “beslama”, “bsalama”, “bssalama” and “bislama”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bslama” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “safe and sound, without incident”; “goodbye”: bessalama in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “goodbye”; “safe journey, farewell”: bisslema in Tunisian.