khlass خلاص
Moroccan Darija · noun
“khlass” (خلاص) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning payment, settlement.
Meanings
- payment, settlement
- pay, wages
- come on, already (after an imperative)
Usage
The noun lkhlaṣ means payment and, very often, the monthly pay: jat lkhlaṣ, "the pay has come in". It is related to the verb khelleṣ, "to pay". Placed after an imperative, khlaṣ also works as a particle of insistence that marks impatience: ṭelleq rasek khlaṣ, "hurry up already". To say "that's enough" or "it's over", Moroccans more readily say safi, and khlaṣ on its own in that sense is less typical. So avoid carrying that usage over from other dialects.
Example
مازال ما خداوش لخلاص ديال هاد الشهر
mazal ma khdawch lkhlaS dyal had chhar
“They haven't received this month's pay yet.”
Forms
| feminine | kholSa |
|---|---|
| feminine plural | khlSat |
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 “khlass” but also “khlas”, “5lass” and “5las”. 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 “khlass” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “enough, that's it”; “it's over, so”: khlass in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “payment, settlement”; “pay, salary”: 5las in Tunisian.