mdkhoul مدخول
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mdkhoul” (مدخول) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning income, what one earns.
Meanings
- income, what one earns
- takings, money coming in
Usage
Medkhoul means money that comes in regularly: a salary, rent from a property, a business's turnover. It is often used with a possessive, medkhoulo, or with an adjective, medkhoul mzyan, medkhoul qlil. A common construction is 3ndo medkhoul, "he has an income". The word is neutral and is used both in family discussions and in an administrative context. It should not be confused with madkhal, "entrance". For a one-off gain or a profit, one says rbe7 instead.
Example
المدخول ديالو ما كيكفيهش للكرا
lmedkhoul dyalo ma kaykfihch lkra
“His income isn't enough for him to pay the rent.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mdkhoul” but also “madkhoul”, “medkhoul”, “mdkhol”, “mad5oul” and “madkhol”. 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 “mdkhoul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “income, resources”; “revenue, money coming in”: madkhoul in Tunisian.