khalles خلص
Tunisian Derja · verb
“khalles” (خلص) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to pay, settle.
Meanings
- to pay, settle
- to deliver, rescue
- to end, be finished (khles)
Usage
Khalles (imperfect ykhalles) first means "to pay": khallast el kra ("I paid the rent"), chkoun bech ykhalles ? ("who is going to pay?"). The corresponding noun, khlas, means payment or salary. In religious formulas, rabbi ykhalles means "may God deliver", often to wish that someone gets out of a difficult situation. The simple form khles means "to end, be finished": el film khles. These forms should not be confused: only khalles, with the doubled consonant, means to pay.
Example
خلّصت الكرا اليوم
5allast el kra lyoum
“I paid the rent today.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khalles” but also “5alles”, “khales”, “5ales”, “khles” and “khlos”. 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 “khalles” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to pay, settle a sum”; “to repay a debt”: khalles in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to pay, settle”; “to repay a debt”: khelles in Algerian.