rasoul رسول
Moroccan Darija · noun
“rasoul” (رسول) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning prophet, messenger of God.
Meanings
- prophet, messenger of God
- the Prophet (Muhammad)
Usage
Rasoul denotes a prophet, that is, a messenger sent by God. With the article, rrasoul, or in the expression rasoul llah, it refers to the Prophet of Islam. In that case, a blessing formula is often added after the name. In everyday speech, nnbi is in fact more frequent for referring to the Prophet. The word belongs to the religious register and is used with respect. It also appears in ironic expressions such as "ana machi rasoul" ("I'm not a prophet"), meaning that one cannot know or do everything. The plural is rousoul.
Example
أنا ماشي رسول
ana machi rasoul
“I'm not a prophet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rasoul” but also “rassoul”, “rasol”, “rassol” and “rasool”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rasoul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “the Prophet, messenger of God”; “messenger”: rassoul in Algerian.