ghsil غسيل
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ghsil” (غسيل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning washing, cleaning.
Meanings
- washing, cleaning
- laundry, clothes to wash
Usage
Ghsil refers to the action of washing, whether clothes, dishes or a car. It appears in common compound expressions: ma7attet ghsil (car wash station), makinet ghsil (washing machine), ghsil el karhba (washing the car). It also refers to the laundry to be done: 3andi ghsil barcha, "I have a lot of laundry to do". The corresponding verb is ghsel / yaghsel. The register is neutral and everyday. In shops and businesses, the word often competes with the French "lavage".
Example
اليوم عندي برشة غسيل
el youm 3andi barcha ghsil
“Today I have a lot of laundry.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghsil” but also “ghassil” and “8sil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “ghsil” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “washing, act of washing”; “laundry, clothes to wash”: ghsil in Moroccan.