mablegh مبلغ

Tunisian Derja · noun

“mablegh” (مبلغ) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sum of money, amount.

Meanings

1. sum of money, amount

Usage

Mablegh means a sum of money or an amount. It is used for payments, deposits, fines and salary deductions: mablegh dhmen, "deposit amount". The word comes from standard Arabic but is well integrated into derja, especially when talking about money in a somewhat formal way. In ordinary conversation, people often just say flous, "money". The plural is mbalegh.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mablegh” but also “mablagh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “mablegh” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “amount, sum of money”: mablagh in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sum of money, amount”; “amount (of a price, a cost)”: mablagh in Algerian.