tkmili تكميلي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“tkmili” (تكميلي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning complementary, supplementary.
Meanings
- complementary, supplementary
Usage
Tkmili is an adjective of Standard Arabic origin, used in darija mainly in administrative, medical or school vocabulary: supplementary insurance, extra tutoring, a supplementary exam or file. The feminine is tkmiliya. In conversation it appears in set expressions rather than freely; to say simply "in addition", people prefer zayed or ziyada. You will mostly hear it in connection with health plans, insurance or paperwork, often alternating with the French word "complémentaire".
Example
درت واحد التأمين تكميلي باش يتردّو ليا المصاريف
dert wahed tta2min tkmili bach ytreddo lia lmsarif
“I took out supplementary insurance so that my expenses would be reimbursed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tkmili” but also “tkmiili”, “takmili” and “tekmili”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.