nzel نزل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“nzel” (نزل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning go down, come down.
Meanings
- go down, come down
- get off (a vehicle)
- fall (rain); drop
Usage
"Nzel, yenzel" means "to go down": from a floor, down a staircase or towards the city centre. It also means "to get off a vehicle" ("nzel mel louage"), with the preposition "men". It is said of rain falling ("nzlet ennou") and of a price dropping. Figuratively, it can mean "to make an entrance" when referring to a product coming out or a player coming into the game. Do not confuse it with the transitive form "nazzel", which means "to bring down" or "to lower" something.
Example
نزل من الكار قدام الجامع.
nzel mel car 9oddem ejjem3a.
“He got off the bus in front of the mosque.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nzel” but also “nzal”, “nezel” and “nzil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nzel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to go down, get off”; “to fall (rain)”: nzel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to go down”; “to get off a vehicle”: nzel in Algerian.