m7awla محاولة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“m7awla” (محاولة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning attempt, try.
Meanings
- attempt, try
- effort to obtain something
Usage
M7awla comes from Standard Arabic but is in common use in Tunisia, especially in a formal or journalistic register: "m7awlet qatl", attempted murder; "m7awlet hrouba", escape attempt. In the construct state, it is pronounced m7awlet. In conversation, it is also used for a personal try: "hedhi a5er m7awla", this is the last try. The corresponding verb, 7awel, is very common: "7awel ya5demha", he tried to do it. For a simple informal "try", you also hear tajriba.
Example
عمل محاولة أخرى و ما نجحش.
3mal m7awla o5ra w ma nja7ch.
“He made another attempt and didn't succeed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m7awla” but also “mo7awla”, “mhawla”, “mou7awla” and “m7awlet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “m7awla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “attempt, try”; “chance (sport)”: mouhawla in Algerian.