milaf ملف
Moroccan Darija · noun
“milaf” (ملف) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning file (administrative).
Meanings
- file (administrative)
- case, issue being handled
Usage
The word milaf comes from standard Arabic and means "file" or "dossier". It is used in an administrative or media register: putting together a file, submitting your file, or talking about a political or legal affair, for example lmilaf dyal sa7ra. In everyday life, many Moroccans say the French word dossier instead, pronounced "dosi". The plural is malafat. Do not confuse it with the colloquial verb mellef / lellef, "to wrap up", and do not use it for a computer file, which is generally called fichier.
Example
خاصك تجيب الملف كامل للمقاطعة
khassek tjib lmilaf kamel l lmoqata3a
“You have to bring the complete file to the district office.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “milaf” but also “milef”, “mlaf” and “milf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “milaf” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “file (administrative, application)”; “case, issue (legal, political)”: malaf in Tunisian.