ɣr

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăɣrəʔ (“to call, to read”), possibly from Punic 𐤒𐤓𐤀 (qrʾ) or Hebrew קרא (qaráʾ).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight qqar (“to say, to call”), Senhaja de Srair ɣer (“to read, to call”), Tarifit ɣar (“to read, to learn”), Kabyle ɣer (“to read”), Tamasheq ǝɣǝr (“to shout”), Tuareg ə̀ɣər (“to read, to study, to go to school”), Awjila aɣə́r (“to read”), Ghadames ɛăr (“to read”), Tetserret ɣarr (“to study”), Zenaga yuġrä (“to read”).

• IPA^(key): /ɣr/

ɣr (intensive aorist aqra or aqqra, preterite ɣri or ɣra, verbal noun tiɣri or aɣuri, Tifinagh spelling ⵖⵔ, Arabic spelling غر)

1. to call someone

   ايس اسن تغريت؟ ― is asn tɣrit? ― Did you call them?

2. (constructed with i) to invite

   غر ي يمدوكّال نّك ― ɣr i imdukkal nnk ― Invite your friends.

3. to invoke

   آر اقّران ي ربّي ا يفسي تامكريست ف يسمڭان نّس

   ar aqqran i rbbi a ifsi tamkrist f ismgan nns

   They invoke God, and ask Him to deliver His servants.

4. to read, to recite

   ايغرا ومحضار القُران ― iɣra umḥḍaṛ lquran ― the student has read the Qur'an.

   غر الفاتِحَة ― ɣr lfatiḥa ― Recite the opening chapter of the Qur'an.

5. to study

   ايمل اسن ماف يغرا ورڭاز انّ د ماف فلّاس يغران

   iml asn maf iɣra urgaz ann d maf fllas iɣran

   He told them which teachers that man had studied under, and who had been his own students,

   آر ياقّرا غ الجامِعَة ― ar yaqqra ɣ ljamiɛa ― He studies at the university.

6. to cackle, to crow

   آر اقّران يفولّوسن ― ar aqqran ifullusn ― The roosters are crowing.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 958