dakhla دخلة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“dakhla” (دخلة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning entry, act of entering.
Meanings
- entry, act of entering
- striking arrival, appearance
Usage
Dakhla is the verbal noun of the verb dkhal, "to enter". It refers to an entry, in the sense of one occasion of entering. It is often used for a noticeable arrival: an artist's entrance on stage, a player's on the pitch, or the bride's at a celebration. For example, "3mal dakhla" means "he made a striking entrance". For the physical entrance to a place, the door, people rather say "bab" or "madkhal". The word is also used for the start of the school year, for example "dakhlet lekraya".
Example
عمل دخلة كبيرة في العرس.
3mal dakhla kbira fel 3ers.
“He made a big entrance at the wedding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dakhla” but also “da5la”. 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 “dakhla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “entrance, way into a place”; “right of entry, act of entering”: dkhla in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “entrance (of a town, place)”; “arrival, way of entering”: dakhla in Algerian.