msla7a مصلحة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“msla7a” (مصلحة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning interest, personal advantage.
Meanings
- interest, personal advantage
- errand, matter to deal with
- administrative department
Usage
MSla7a first means someone's interest or advantage, with a possessive: mSla7ti (my interest), mSla7tek. The expression "kaychouf ghir mSla7to" is said of someone who only thinks of their own interest. The word also means a matter or procedure to take care of: "3andi mSla7a f lbanka" (I have something to sort out at the bank). In officialdom, it means a department. It never has the financial sense of "bank interest", which is fayda.
Example
هادشي فمصلحتك، سمع ليا.
hadchi f mSla7tek, sme3 lia.
“This is in your interest, listen to me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “msla7a” but also “masla7a” and “mesla7a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “msla7a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “self-interest, ulterior motive”; “errand, business to attend to”: maslha in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “interest, advantage”; “errand, business to settle”: masl7a in Tunisian.