ⴷⴷⵔ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *əddăr, the perfect of *idir, from earlier *iwdir ("to live"). Compare with Proto-Semitic *dawar- (“period, cycle”) (whence Akkadian duāru & Hebrew דור). Cognate with Numidian [script needed] (DR).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ddr/
    • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA(key): [d̪ːr̩]

Verb

ⴷⴷⵔ • (ddr)

  1. to live, to be alive

Derived terms

References

  • Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973), Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 104
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