jmil جميل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jmil” (جميل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning favor, good turn.
Meanings
- favor, good turn
- beautiful, pretty (formal)
Usage
In darija, jmil is used mainly as a noun meaning "favor" or "good turn". People say dir m3aya wa7ed jjmil, "do me a favor". Someone who forgets the good done to them is called nekkar jmil, "ungrateful". As an adjective meaning "beautiful", jamil belongs rather to standard Arabic or a polished register. In conversation, people spontaneously say zwin. A phrase like "nhar jamil" therefore sounds bookish. It is better to say "nhar zwin".
Example
عافاك دير معايا واحد الجميل
3afak dir m3aya wa7ed jjmil
“Please, do me a favor.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jmil” but also “jamil” and “jmiil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jmil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “favor, good turn”; “beautiful (formal)”: jmil in Algerian.