rjal رجال
Moroccan Darija · noun
“rjal” (رجال) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning men (plural of rajel).
Meanings
- men (plural of rajel)
- real men, brave men
- saints (rjal lblad)
Usage
Rjal is the plural of rajel, "man". It first refers to men as a group: rjal mchaw, "the men have left". It often carries a moral value and then means worthy, reliable, brave men: homa rjal, "they are real men". The rjal also refers to the protector saints of a city or region, such as the sab3atu rjal of Marrakech. Beware of the spelling. Online, rajal is sometimes used to write the singular rajel, for example in kon rajel, "be a man". Context settles it.
Example
رجال مشاو يتعشاو
rjal mchaw it3chaw
“The men went to have dinner.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rjal” but also “rjel”, “rijal” and “rajal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rjal” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “men (plural of "man")”; “men of worth, brave people”: rjal in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “men (plural of rajel)”; “real men, men of worth”: rjel in Tunisian.