madkhoul مدخول
Tunisian Derja · noun
“madkhoul” (مدخول) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning income, resources.
Meanings
- income, resources
- revenue, money coming in
Usage
Madkhoul is the common word in Tunisia for the income of a person, household or activity. It is often used to complain about the high cost of living: ma3andouch madkhoul, "he has no income". It also applies to the revenue of a business or event. The register is neutral: it is heard in conversation as well as in the media. The plural madakhil is more administrative. Be careful not to confuse it with dakhla, which means "entrance", in the sense of an access or someone's arrival.
Example
المدخول ما يكفيش للشهر
el madkhoul ma ykaffich lel char
“The income isn't enough for the month.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “madkhoul” but also “madkhol”, “mad5oul” and “medkhoul”. 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 “madkhoul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “income, what one earns”; “takings, money coming in”: mdkhoul in Moroccan.