mazel مازال
Tunisian Derja · adverb
“mazel” (مازال) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning still, yet.
Meanings
- still, yet
- not yet (with negation)
Usage
Mazel means "still, yet". It can be conjugated with person suffixes: mazelt (I am still), mazelt ma klitch (I haven't eaten yet), mazelna (we are still), mazelou (they are still). On its own, mazel means "not yet": you answer "mazel" to "kmalt?" (have you finished?). For age, you say 3omrou mazel sghir (he is still young). The word is very common in all registers. Don't forget the negation ma… ch when the meaning is "not yet".
Example
مازلت ما كليتش
mazelt ma klitch
“I haven't eaten yet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mazel” but also “mazal”, “mazelt”, “mazzel”, “mezel” and “ma zel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find مازال and زال and مزال, all the same word.
Type “mazel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “still, yet”; “not yet (with negation)”: mazal in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written مزال, where it means “still, yet”; “not yet (with negation)”: mazal in Algerian.