Plural of djebel; multiple mountains or hills in North Africa.
Simply the plural form of 'djebel,' formed by adding the English '-s' suffix. The Arabic plural would be 'jibāl,' but English speakers adopted the singular form and added English plural marking.
When English speakers borrow foreign words, we often add our own plural endings instead of using the original language's plurals—so 'djebels' uses an English '-s' rather than the proper Arabic plural, showing how loanwords gradually 'become English' over time.
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