khales خالص
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“khales” (خالص) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning paid, settled.
Meanings
- paid, settled
- pure, unmixed
Usage
In daily life, khaleṣ mainly means "paid", "settled". It is used for a sum, a bill or a person who has received what they are owed: "rak khaleṣ", you are paid; "l-kera khalṣa", the rent is settled. The corresponding verb is khelleṣ, "to pay". The sense "pure", as in "dheb khaleṣ", pure gold, also exists, but it belongs more to a formal or commercial register. The feminine is khalṣa and the plural khalṣin. Context is usually enough to tell the two senses apart.
Example
الكرا ديال هاد الشهر خالص
lkra dyal had chher khaleṣ
“This month's rent is paid.”
Forms
| feminine | khaaliSa |
|---|---|
| plural | khaaliSin |
| feminine plural | khaaliSat |
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 “khales” but also “5ales”, “khaless” and “khaalis”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “khales” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “paid, remunerated, settled”; “pure, sincere”: khales in Algerian.