majalla مجلة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“majalla” (مجلة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning magazine, periodical.
Meanings
- magazine, periodical
- legal code
Usage
Majalla first means a magazine or periodical. In Tunisia, the word also has an important legal sense: a code of laws. The best-known expression is "majallet el a7wel ech-chakhsiya", the Personal Status Code; people also say "majallet ech-choghl" for the Labour Code. In the construct state, the ending is pronounced -et: majallet. In speech, for the press, many Tunisians also simply say "magazine" or "revue", borrowings from French.
Example
شريت مجلة جديدة من الكشك.
chrit majalla jdida mel kiosque.
“I bought a new magazine at the kiosk.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “majalla” but also “mejalla”, “majallet”, “mjalla” and “majala”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “majalla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “magazine”; “specialized journal, periodical”: majalla in Moroccan.