īn

Zenaga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *β-n (“dwelling”). Compare Tuareg éhăn (“tent”), Tetserret in (“house”), and Ghadames ayen (“home”).

Noun

īn m (plural änän)

  1. tent, dwelling

References

  • Taine-Cheikh, Catherine (2008), Dictionnaire zénaga-français: le berbère de Mauritanie présenté par racines dans une perspective comparative (Berber Studies; 20) (in French), Germany: Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 300
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