aɣaras

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَغَرَسْ (aɣaras, “path, way”)^[1], a verbal noun of Medieval Tashelhit غرس (ɣrǝs, “to cut, to slaughter”), from Proto-Berber *ăɣrəs (“to cut, to slaughter”).

Compare the phrasal verb bbi uɣaras (“cross the road (lit. cut the road)”), Tawellemmet and Tayert ǝɣrǝs (“to cut, to cross”), Tetserret aɣrəs (“to cross, to go across”), and Zenaga täʷrǝS (“road, rule”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɣaras/

Noun

aɣaras m (plural iɣarasn, feminine equivalent taɣarast, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴰⵔⴰⵙ, Arabic spelling آغاراس)

path, way, road
Synonym: abrid
- 17th century , A translaltion of Surah al-fātiḥa by Muħammad Ben Saʔid Al Meriɣiti Al-Susi Al-Murrakuši:
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  tulġitin i ugllid mqqurn, bab n ifgnan, win tluġiwin, agllid n wass n tikkiwin, kiyyin a mu nskar f tssumga, kiyyin as nra ad anġ tawst, aẓimẓ anġ i uġaras inmn, aġaras n willi mu tfkit, urd willi f tmɛaqqart ,ula d willi uškanin.
  "Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe,The Compassionate, the Merciful, Sovereign of the Day of Judgement! You alone we worship, and to You alone we turn for help. Guide us to the straight path, The path of those whom You have favoured, Not of those who have incurred Your wrath, Nor of those who have gone astray."
method
Synonym: taɣarast
brotherhood, religious order
shari'a, law

Inflection

Inflection of **aɣaras**
	singular	plural
free state	aɣaras	iɣarasn
annexed state	uɣaras	iɣarasn

Derived terms

aɣaras n rbbi (“the islamic law”)
aɣaras n walim (“Milky Way”)
gr iɣarasn (“crossroad”)

Descendants

→? Zenaga: täʷrǝS (“road, rule”)

References

^ Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’‎^[1], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), page 22

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 159a

[1] Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’‎^[1], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), page 22

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