kabl كابل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“kabl” (كابل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning electric or connecting cable.
Meanings
- electric or connecting cable
- charger cable, cord
Usage
Kabl is a loanword adapted from French "câble", in common use. It refers to any cable: electric, TV, phone or computer charger. You say l-kabl dyal ch-charj for the charger cable. The plural is heard as kablat or kbel depending on the speaker. For a simple thin wire, slk is more usual. The word can also refer to a vehicle's cables, for example jump leads. In colloquial speech, a cable is said to be "mqtou3" when it is cut or no longer working.
Example
عطيني الكابل ديال الشارجور
3tini l-kabl dyal charjor
“Give me the charger cable.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kabl” but also “cable”, “kabel”, “kable” and “câble”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.