jomla جملة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jomla” (جملة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning sentence (grammar).
Meanings
- sentence (grammar)
- wholesale trade
Usage
Jomla means "sentence", especially at school or when talking about language: kteb jomla, "write a sentence". In trade, the word is very common in the sense of "wholesale", as opposed to retail. One says b jjomla, "wholesale". S7ab jjomla or mwalin jjomla refers to wholesalers, and souk jjomla to the wholesale market. Depending on the construction, the same word points to grammar or to trade. The plural jomal is reserved for the grammatical sense.
Example
هنا خاصة جملة
hna khasa jomla
“Here, a sentence is needed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jomla” but also “joumla”, “jmla”, “jamla” and “jumla”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jomla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sentence”; “wholesale”: jomla in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “not at all (with negation)”; “completely, totally”: jemla in Tunisian.