fjel فجل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fjel” (فجل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning radish.
Meanings
- radish
Usage
Fjel means radish, sold at the market in bunches. It is a collective noun: fjel is used for radishes in general, and fejla, or ḥebba d l-fjel, for a single radish. It is eaten raw in salads, often grated with orange or seasoned with lemon and cumin. The word belongs to everyday cooking and shopping vocabulary. For an English speaker, the thing to remember is the collective construction: an adjective or verb that refers to it is generally masculine singular.
Example
شريت جوج حزمات ديال الفجل.
chrit jouj 7zamat dyal lfjel.
“I bought two bunches of radishes.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fjel” but also “fjl”, “fjal” and “fejl”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fjel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “radish”: fjel in Tunisian.