afarnu

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furnus (“oven”), via African Romance.

Noun

afarnu m (plural ifurna, diminutive tafarnut, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵔⵏⵓ, Arabic spelling آفارنو)

  1. oven
    ايمي نّس اد تكّا لعفييت اي وفارنو.
    imi nns a ttkka lʕfiyt i ufarnu.
    it is from the mouth of the oven that the fire comes out.

See also

  • aɣrum (“bread”)
  • nw (“to cook”)
  • tinwi (“cooking”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 91a
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