mousalsal مسلسل
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mousalsal” (مسلسل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning TV series, soap opera.
Meanings
- TV series, soap opera
Usage
Mousalsal (plural mousalsalet) refers to a TV series or serial, whether Tunisian, Egyptian, Turkish or Syrian. The word is very present during the month of Ramadan: Tunisian channels broadcast their series then, and these fuel conversations. You say chfet el mousalsal (I watched the series) or el 7al9a mta3 el mousalsal (the episode of the series). The French word série, pronounced "sirie", is also heard, especially for foreign series streamed online.
Example
شفت المسلسل البارح؟
chfet el mousalsal elbere7?
“Did you watch the series yesterday?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mousalsal” but also “mosalsal”, “musalsal”, “msalsel” and “moussalsal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mousalsal” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “TV series, serial”: mousalsal in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “TV series, serial”: mosalsal in Algerian.