tmowwel تمول
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tmowwel” (تمول) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to finance, provide the necessary money.
Meanings
- to finance, provide the necessary money
Usage
Tmowwel is a conjugated form ("you finance" or "that he finance") of the verb mowwel, "to finance." It is used mostly with mchrou3 ("project") and belongs to a rather formal register: economics, business, media. In everyday conversation, people more readily say khelles ("to pay") or 3tah lflous ("to give him the money"). The construction is direct: mowwel lmchrou3. You also hear mowwel l- followed by the person being helped. The corresponding noun is tamwil ("financing").
Example
سير تسلف من عندكت باش تمول مشروعك
sir tsellef mn 3end5tek bach tmwel mchrou3ek
“Go and borrow from your sister to finance your project.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tmowwel” but also “tmwel”, “tmouel”, “tmawel” and “tmowel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.