ljamal لجمال
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ljamal” (لجمال) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning beauty.
Meanings
- beauty
Usage
Ljamal is the word jamal (beauty) with the article attached. It comes from Standard Arabic. It belongs to a somewhat formal or poetic register: songs, advertisements, expressions such as "ljamal dyal lbelad" (the beauty of the country) or "salon de jamal" (beauty salon). In everyday conversation, zin or zwaq is more common. Beware of a frequent confusion: ljmal, with no vowel between j and m, means "the camels", plural of jmel. Written in Arabic letters without vowels, لجمال can therefore have both meanings. Only context can decide.
Example
الجمال ديال شفشاون ما كاينش بحالو
ljamal dyal chefchaoun makaynch b7alo
“Chefchaouen's beauty is unmatched.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ljamal” but also “ljamale”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.