mablagh مبلغ

Moroccan Darija · noun

“mablagh” (مبلغ) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning amount, sum of money.

Meanings

1. amount, sum of money

Usage

Mablagh refers to a specific sum of money: the amount of a bill, a transfer, a fine, or a loan. The word is common at the bank, in administration, and in business: mablagh kbir, "a large sum," chhal l-mablagh?, "what is the amount?" The plural is mabaligh. It is used only for money: for a quantity of goods, one says l-kemmiya or chhal instead. In casual speech, people often simply say l-flous, "the money," when there is no need to be precise.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mablagh” but also “mblagh”, “meblegh”, “mblegh” and “mabla8”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.

Type “mablagh” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sum of money, amount”; “amount (of a price, a cost)”: mablagh in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sum of money, amount”: mablegh in Tunisian.