agllid

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit آڭلّيد (agellid, “king”), from Proto-Berber *a-ǵăllid (“king”).

Compare Kabyle agellid (“king”), Tarifit ajeǧid (“king”), Ghadames ašăllid (“king”), Northern Saharan Berber gelled (“to be a king”), and Numidian gld (“king”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɡlːid/

Noun

agllid m (construct state ugllid, plural igldan, feminine equivalent tagllidt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ, Arabic spelling آڭلّيد)

king, sultan
ايكابر وكشّوض، ايكّا اس ربّي وشاقّور؛ ايكابر وڭلّيد، ايكّا اس ربّي ليّام.
ikabr ukššuḍ, ikka as ṛbbi ušaqqur; ikabr ugllid, ikka as ṛbbi liyyam.
However proud wood may be, God sent it the saw; however proud a king may be, God brought him down.

ڭ اڭلّيد ن على خير.
G agllid n ɛlaxir.
Be in good condition (litt. be a king of well-beign).

Derived terms

aglduc (“prince”)
agllid n tagant (“panther”)
agllid n tzzwa (“queen bee", "litt. king of the bees"”)
angllid (“royal”)
iwis ugllid (“prince”)
lukil ugllid (“minister”)
tagldit (“kingdom”)
tagllidt (“queen”)

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 136b
Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 145