tfeddel تفضل
Moroccan Darija · interjection
“tfeddel” (تفضل) is an interjection in Moroccan Darija meaning please, come in.
Meanings
- please, come in
- help yourself, here you are
- (verb) you prefer
Usage
Tfeddel is the polite formula par excellence for inviting someone: to come in, to sit down, to help themselves, or when handing them something. It agrees with the person addressed: tfeddel for a man, tfeddli for a woman, tfeddlu for several people. It is often paired with merhba. It is not a "thank you". It should also be distinguished from the verb form tfeddel, second person of feddel, "to prefer". For example, tfeddel hada 3la hada means "you prefer this one to that one".
Example
تفضل أسيدي مرحبا
tfedel asidi merhba
“Please, sir, welcome.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tfeddel” but also “tfdl”, “tfedel”, “tfaddal” and “tfddel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tfeddel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “please, come in, help yourself”; “to prefer (conjugated form of feddel)”: tfadal in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “here you are (handing something)”; “come in, help yourself”: tfadhel in Tunisian.