d5al دخل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“d5al” (دخل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to enter, to go into somewhere.
Meanings
- to enter, to go into somewhere
- to crash into
- income (noun: da5l)
Usage
D5al is the ordinary verb for "to enter". In the present tense, people say yod5ol or yid5al, and the imperative is od5ol. It can be constructed directly (d5al eddar, he entered the house) or with l or fi (d5al lel 9ahwa, d5al fi chi). Figuratively, d5al fi 7it means "to crash into the wall", and d5al ba3dhou describes things getting tangled up or people bumping into each other. D5al l'université and d5al el 7abs mean "to enter university" and "to go to prison". The noun da5l (income) belongs mostly to an administrative or journalistic register. Don't confuse it with tda5al, which means "to intervene".
Example
ولا دخلت لها دارها من اصله اما نكرهها هكاكا بلاش سبب
wala dkaltelha darha men aslou ema nakraha hakeka blech sbeb
“I never even set foot in her house, but I hate her just like that, for no reason.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “d5al” but also “d5el”, “dkhal”, “de5el” and “dkhel”. 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 “d5al” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to enter, go into a place”; “to meddle, get involved”: dkhel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to enter”; “to have to do with, concern”: dkhel in Algerian.