zawwel زول
Tunisian Derja · verb
“zawwel” (زول) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to remove, take off.
Meanings
- to remove, take off
- to eliminate, get rid of
Usage
Zawwel (imperfect yzawwel) means "remove, take off, take away" in Tunisia. It is used for an object, as in zawwel el kes, "take the glass away", for a piece of clothing, a stain, or an obstacle. It can also mean to eliminate, get rid of something or someone, for example removing them from a post. Do not confuse it with zoul, "person", a Sudanese word very common online but foreign to Tunisian speech.
Example
زوّل الكرسي من الطريق.
zawwel el korsi mel tri9.
“Take the chair out of the way.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zawwel” but also “zawel”, “zawell” and “zaouel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “zawwel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “remove, take away”; “take off (clothing)”: zowwel in Moroccan.