sahel سهل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“sahel” (سهل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to make easy.
Meanings
- to make easy
- (God) to grant success
Usage
Sahhel, with the doubled h, means "to facilitate". It appears mainly in the very common formula rabbi ysahhel, "may God make it easy". It is said to wish good luck to someone setting off or starting something. It is also used to politely decline, for example when facing a beggar or a pushy seller. The verb takes an object pronoun: rabbi ysahhel 3lik, "may God make things easy for you". Pitfall: do not confuse it with the adjective sahel, "easy", which is written the same way in Arabic without vowels.
Example
ربّي يسهّل برك
Rabi ysahel brek
“May God make it easy, that's all.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sahel” but also “sahhel”, “ysahel”, “ysahhel” and “yesahel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sahel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to facilitate, make easy”; “(God) to grant success”: sehhel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to facilitate, make easy”; “to relax conditions for”: sahel in Algerian.