jmel جمل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jmel” (جمل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning camel, dromedary.
Meanings
- camel, dromedary
Usage
Jmel is the usual word for the camel or dromedary. In Morocco, the animal is mostly associated with the South, the desert and tourist rides: rkeb 3la jmel, "to ride a camel". The most frequent plural is jmal. The female is called naga and the young camel 7war or 7ouwar. Camel meat, l7em jmel, is eaten in some parts of the South. Do not confuse jmel with jomla, "sentence", whose Latin spelling is similar.
Example
نتحداك ت ركب فوق داك جمل
nt7edak t rkeb fo9 dak jmel
“I dare you to ride that camel.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jmel” but also “jmal”, “jml” and “jamal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jmel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “camel, dromedary”: jmel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “camel, dromedary”: jmal in Tunisian.