mochkil مشكل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mochkil” (مشكل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning problem, worry.
Meanings
- problem, worry
- difficulty, hassle
- trouble, bother
Usage
Mochkil is the common word for "problem". It is masculine and its plural is machakil. The most frequent expression is makayn mochkil, "no problem", which is also used to reassure someone or to accept a request. To ask the question, you say kayn chi mochkil?, "is there a problem?". With a person, you construct it as 3ndi mochkil m3a fulan, "I have a problem with someone". In darija, it is also heard in the sense of a quarrel or a complicated story. The French "problème", often pronounced probliim, is also used.
Example
كاين شي مشكل؟
kayn chi mouchkil?
“Is there a problem?”
Forms
| plural | machakil |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mochkil” but also “mouchkil”, “moshkil”, “moxkil”, “mushkil” and “mochkiil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find مشكل and موشكيل, all the same word.
Type “mochkil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “problem, trouble”; “quarrel, fuss”: mochkil in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “problem, worry”; “quarrel, fuss”: mochkel in Tunisian.