makla ماكلة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“makla” (ماكلة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning food, foodstuffs.
Meanings
- food, foodstuffs
- meal
- cuisine, cooking
Usage
makla is the usual word for food in general. With the article, it is lmakla. It also means a meal ("wajed lmakla?", is the meal ready?) or a particular cuisine: makla maghribiya, Moroccan cuisine; makla dial mmi, my mother's cooking. It is readily qualified: makla bnina (tasty), makla si7iya (healthy). In colloquial expressions, makla can refer to the quantity eaten: "kaykel makla" or "ki3regha makla" means that someone eats a lot. A neutral word, used in all registers of spoken language.
Example
ناكل ماكلة صحية
nakol makla si7iya
“I eat healthy food.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “makla” but also “maklaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “makla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “food”; “meal, prepared dish”: makla in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “food”; “meal, cooked dish”: makla in Tunisian.