ẓṛ

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • ẓr, iẓaṛ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ẓ-ʔ-r (“to see”).

Cognate with Ghomara ẓeṛ (“to see”), Kabyle and Senhaja de Srair ẓer (“to see”), Tarifit ẓar (“to see”), Tetserret ṣǝr (“to see”), and Zenaga yuẓẓaʔṛ (“to see”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zˤrˤ/

Verb

ẓṛ (intensive aorist ẓṛṛa, verbal noun iẓṛi or aẓṛ, Tifinagh spelling ⵥⵕ, Arabic spelling ژر)

  1. to see, to look at
    Synonyms: anni, mnid, smuqql, zu
    اورا يژرّا والو. ― ur a iẓṛṛa walu. ― he can't see anything.

Derived terms

  • iẓṛi (“sight”)

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 3014
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