tamazirt

Tashelhit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamazirt/
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Noun

tamazirt f (plural timizar, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تامازيرت)

  1. country, nation, land, region, countryside
    ايس تژريت كرا ينغميسن ن تمازيرت نّك؟
    is tẓrit kra inġmisn n tmazirt nnk?
    Have you received any news from your country?.
    ماني يڭان تمازيرت نّك؟ ― mani igan tmazirt nnk? ― what's your country?
  2. homeland, Shleuh country
    مّوتنت لاجدود نّغ، آفاد اد سدرفينت تمازيرت نّغ.
    mmutn lajdud nnġ afad ad ssdrfint tmazirt nnġ
    Our grandparents died to liberate our homeland.

Inflection

Inflection of tamazirt
singular plural
free state tamazirt timizar
construct state tmazirt tmizar

Derived terms

  • tamazirt ismgan (“Sahel”)
  • tamazirt išlḥiyn (“Shleuh Country”)
  • tamazirt n Jebala (“Jebala land”)
  • tamazirt n lmɣrib (“Morocco”)
  • tamazirt n yingliz (“England”)
  • u tmazirt (“native”)
  • xwu tmazirt (“to emigrate”)

See also

  • agllid (“king”)
  • akal (“land”)
  • tamurt (“country”)
  • tasga (“region”)
  • tigmmi (“house”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2463b
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