m3louma معلومة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“m3louma” (معلومة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning piece of information, tip.
Meanings
- piece of information, tip
Usage
M3louma refers to a specific piece of information, a single item of information. The plural is m3loumet. It is often used in calls for help on social media, for example "elli 3andou m3louma" (whoever has information), or to thank someone: "ya3ichek 3al m3louma". Unlike French "information", which can also mean the news and the media, m3louma does not mean current events: for that, people say les akhbar. The word is generally countable: you say m3louma wa7da (a piece of information) or m3louma ghalta (a false piece of information). The Latin spelling sometimes drops the initial m, giving 3louma.
Example
شكون عندهم معلومة ينجّم يعاون بها
Chkou 3ndoum 3louma ynjim y3wen behaa
“Whoever has some information can help with it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m3louma” but also “ma3louma”, “maalouma” and “m3loumet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “m3louma” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “information, piece of information”: ma3louma in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “information, piece of information”; “knowledge, instructive fact”: ma3louma in Algerian.