m3amla معاملة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“m3amla” (معاملة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning way of treating people, behavior.
Meanings
- way of treating people, behavior
- transaction, business dealing
Usage
A very common noun for the way people are treated. It is used mostly in judgments: m3amla zwina, "a good welcome", m3amla khayba, "bad treatment". One also says m3amltou m3a nnas, "his manner with people", a much-prized quality. In business or administration, the word means a transaction or a procedure; the plural is m3amlat. The everyday pronunciation is m3amla, and the formal form mo3amala is heard in the media. The corresponding verb is 3amel, "to treat someone".
Example
المعاملة ديال هاد الحانوت زوينة بزاف
lm3amla dyal had l7anout zwina bzaf
“The service in this shop is really good.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m3amla” but also “mo3amala”, “mu3amala” and “m3amala”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “m3amla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “way of treating people”; “dealings, relations”: m3amla in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “way of treating someone”; “administrative procedure, formality”: m3amla in Tunisian.