kamel كامل
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“kamel” (كامل) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning whole, complete.
Meanings
- whole, complete
- all, the whole (before noun)
- completely, entirely
Usage
Kamel means "whole" or "complete". Placed after the noun, it stresses totality: nhar kamel (a whole day), el 3am kamel (the whole year). Placed before the noun, it is equivalent to "all": kamel el 3ayla (the whole family), mea kamel e7tirami (with all my respect). In the feminine, it becomes kamla, and in the plural kemlin. It can also have an adverbial value: kmelt kamel (I finished everything). In Tunisia, it often replaces kol, which is more general. Kamel is also a very common male first name.
Example
قعدت نستنّى نهار كامل
9a3adt nestanna nhar kamel
“I waited a whole day.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kamel” but also “kemil”, “kemel”, “kamal” and “kamla”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kamel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “whole, all”; “complete, finished”: kamel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “whole, entire”; “all, completely”: kamel in Algerian.