khellet خلّط
Moroccan Darija · verb
“khellet” (خلّط) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to mix, blend.
Meanings
- to mix, blend
- to confuse, mix up
- to stir up trouble
Usage
Khellet means to mix ingredients or things. In cooking, it also means to put food through the blender: khellet l-3assir, make the juice. Figuratively, it means to confuse, to muddle everything up (khellet-ti, you got confused) or to stir up trouble between people. The passive or reflexive form is tkhellet, "to get mixed up, get confused". The participle mkhellet means "mixed, varied" and is used, for example, for a mixed salad. Distinguish it from khalla, "to leave", whose pronunciation is close in some Latin spellings.
Example
سير خلّط لعصير
sir khellet l3assir
“Go blend the juice.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kankhllT | khllTt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katkhllT | khllTti | khllT |
| nti (you, f.) | katkhllTi | khllTti | khllTi |
| howa (he) | kaykhllT | khllT | |
| hiya (she) | katkhllT | khllTat | |
| 7na (we) | kankhllTo | khllTna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katkhllTo | khllTto | khllTo |
| homa (they) | kaykhllTo | khllTo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khellet” but also “khllet”, “5ellet”, “khallat”, “khllt” and “5alat”. 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 “khellet” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to mix, blend”; “to arrive, reach (khlat)”: khallet in Tunisian.