jbel جبل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jbel” (جبل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning mountain.
Meanings
- mountain
- the mountains (region)
Usage
Jbel is the usual word for "mountain". The plural jbal is also used to talk about the mountains as a region: f-jbal, "in the mountains". The word appears in many place names, such as Jbel Toubkal or Jbel Moussa. The derivative jebli means a mountain dweller, and in particular an inhabitant of the Jbala in the north of the country. The word is also used figuratively for an imposing person or burden: bhal jbel, "like a mountain". One says tla3 l-jbel for "to go up the mountain".
Example
خليني نتسلق هاد جبل
khlini ntsele9 had jbl
“Let me climb this mountain.”
Forms
| plural | jbal |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jbel” but also “jbl”, “jbal”, “jabal” and “djebel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jbel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “mountain”; “mountain range”: djbel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “mountain”; “hill, massif (in place names)”: jbal in Tunisian.