ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *a-maziɣ (“Berber, free man”).[1] Further etymology is Unknown.

Cognate with Tashelhit amaziɣ, Nefusa and Tarifit maziɣ, Tayert ămajəɣ, Tamahaq ămahăɣ, Tamasheq ămašəɣ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amaziɣ/
    • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA(key): [æmæzɪ̙̞ʁ]

Noun

ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ • (amaziɣ) m (plural ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ (imaziɣn), feminine equivalent ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ (tamaziɣt))

  1. Berber, Amazigh

Inflection

Inflection of ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ
singular plural
free state ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (amaziɣ) ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ (imaziɣn)
annexed state ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (umaziɣ) ⵢⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ (yimaziɣn)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 292
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