wakil وكيل
Moroccan Darija · noun
“wakil” (وكيل) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning agent, authorized representative.
Meanings
- agent, authorized representative
- public prosecutor (wkil lmalik)
- manager
Usage
Wkil refers to a person who acts on behalf of another: a representative, a proxy or a commercial agent. The best-known use is "wkil lmalik", the King's prosecutor, very common in crime news and legal cases. The word can also mean the manager of a business or property. In the religious formula "7asbiya llah w ni3ma lwakil", it is applied to God, in the sense of "guarantor". The plural is wkala. It should not be confused with wakala, which means agency.
Example
القضية وصلات عند وكيل الملك
l9adiya wslat 3end wkil lmalik
“The case has reached the King's prosecutor.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wakil” but also “wkil”, “ouakil” and “wekil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “wakil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “prosecutor (wakil ejjoumhouriya)”; “agent, proxy, representative”: wakil in Tunisian.