اڢچن

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?], possibly from the verbal root *f-g-n (“to scoop, to bend over”), whence Zenaga yäfkun.

Compare Ancient Nefusa ڢُجْنُتَنْ (fuǧnuten, “the worshipers, the pious”), and [script needed] (ifuynu, “slavery”)[1].

Noun

اڢچن (afgan) m

  1. (Premodern, Medieval Tashelhit) slave, captive

Descendants

  • Tashelhit: afgan (“human being”)
  • →? Tayert: afăgan (“person”)
    • →? Tetserret: afagan (“person, man”)

References

  1. ^ Vermondo Brugnatelli (2011), Études sur le "Kitâb al-Barbariya" (manuscrit d'un texte ibadite médiéval)
  • Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’‎[1], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), page 4
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