na9l نقل
Tunisian Derja · noun
“na9l” (نقل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning transport (of people, goods).
Meanings
- transport (of people, goods)
- transmission, report
- transfer, reassignment
Usage
Na9l mainly means transport, notably in expressions like "na9l 3moumi" (public transport) or "na9l 7adhari" (urban transport), frequent in the media and administration. It can also mean the transmission of information, the reporting of facts, or the reassignment of a civil servant. The corresponding verb, "nqal / ynaqqel", means to move, to transport, but also to copy, including cheating by copying during an exam. The noun stays in a fairly neutral register, close to standard Arabic.
Example
النقل العمومي ديما فيه مشاكل في الصباح
ennaql el 3moumi dima fih machekel fis-sbe7
“Public transport always has problems in the morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “na9l” but also “naql”, “nakl” and “na9el”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “na9l” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to copy, copy out (a text)”; “to cheat, copy from someone”: n9el in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to copy, to cheat in an exam”; “to copy out, transcribe”: nqel in Algerian.