mousalsal مسلسل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mousalsal” (مسلسل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning TV series, serial.
Meanings
- TV series, serial
Usage
Mousalsal means a TV series or serial. The word is very common, especially during Ramadan, when Moroccan channels broadcast their flagship series. You say "kantfeRRej f wa7ed l-mousalsal" (I'm watching a series). The plural is mousalsalat. The word comes from Standard Arabic, but it is fully integrated into everyday speech. You also hear "série" in the French way, especially for foreign series; mousalsal is readily used for Arab, Turkish or Moroccan productions.
Example
مختافي هو مسلسل جديد
mokhtafi howa mossalssal jdid
“Mokhtafi is a new series.”
Forms
| plural | moselsalat |
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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 “mousalsal” but also “moselsal”, “moslsal”, “mosalsal”, “mouselsal” and “mosellsal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mousalsal” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “TV series, serial”: mosalsal in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “TV series, soap opera”: mousalsal in Tunisian.