ta3li9 تعليق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ta3li9” (تعليق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning comment, review left online.
Meanings
- comment, review left online
- suspension, temporary halt
Usage
A noun of a rather formal register that has become very common with social media: people talk about a ta3li9 under a video or a post. In online use it often alternates with French "commentaire" or the abbreviation "comm". The plural is ta3li9at. In administrative contexts or in the media, the word can also mean the suspension of an activity, for example ta3li9 dyal lqraya for the suspension of classes. Context easily tells the two senses apart. The corresponding verb is 3lle9, which means "to comment" but also "to hang up, to suspend".
Example
ماغاديش نخلي ليك حتى شي تعليق مزيان فتريبادفيزور
maghadich nkhli lik 7ta chi ta3li9 mazyan f Tripadvisor
“I won't even leave you a good comment on Tripadvisor.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta3li9” but also “t3li9”, “te3li9” and “ta3liq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “ta3li9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “comment”; “suspension, temporary halt”: ta3li9 in Tunisian.