5las خلاص
Tunisian Derja · noun
“5las” (خلاص) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning payment, settlement.
Meanings
- payment, settlement
- pay, salary
- enough, that's it (interjection)
Usage
In Tunisia, 5las first means the act of paying: 5las el kra, "payment of the rent"; 5las el factoura, "settlement of the bill". The word also means the monthly pay: wa9tech el 5las?, "when is payday?". It corresponds to the verb 5allas, "to pay". Used alone as an interjection, 5las means "that's enough, it's over". This sense also exists in Tunisia, but the payment sense is the most typical. Anyone who only knows the interjection use may misunderstand some sentences.
Example
الخلاص يجي آخر الشهر
el 5las yji e5er ech-chhar
“Pay comes at the end of the month.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5las” but also “khlas”, “5less” and “5les”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “5las” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “payment, settlement”; “pay, wages”: khlass in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “enough, that's it”; “it's over, so”: khlass in Algerian.