majless مجلس
Tunisian Derja · noun
“majless” (مجلس) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning council, assembly (institution).
Meanings
- council, assembly (institution)
- parliament
Usage
Majless refers to an official body: majless ennouwèb (the assembly of representatives), majless baladi (municipal council), majless ta2sisi (constituent assembly). The word belongs to the political and administrative vocabulary borrowed from Modern Standard Arabic. It is heard mostly in the media and in discussions of current affairs. In conversation, el-majless on its own often means parliament. The plural is mjèless. The register is rather formal. The word is not used for advice given to someone, which is nas7a.
Example
المجلس صوّت على القانون البارح
el majless sawwet 3al 9anoun elbera7
“The assembly voted on the law yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “majless” but also “majles”, “mejless”, “majlis” and “mjeles”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “majless” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “council, assembly”; “sitting room, gathering place”: majliss in Moroccan.