toul طول

Tunisian Derja · noun

“toul” (طول) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning length, height (of a person).

Meanings

1. length, height (of a person)
2. straight ahead, directly
3. right away, immediately

Usage

Toul is first of all a noun: the length of an object or the height of a person, for example 9addech toulek? (how tall are you?). Used as an adverb, it means "straight ahead" when giving a direction: emchi toul (go straight ahead). It also means "directly, without detour": jit toul lel dar (I came straight home). Toul ma or 3al toul means "right away, from the outset". The same root gives the verb tawwel (to prolong, to last, to take long) and the adjective twil (long, tall).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “toul” but also “tool”, “tul”, “touul”, “twil” and “tawel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “toul” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to take long, to be late”; “to lengthen, to prolong”: twwel in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to be late, take long”; “to lengthen, make longer”: tawel in Algerian.