aɣrum

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁrum/

Noun

aɣrum m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ)

  1. bread
    Synonym: akʷsir (Bunsar, Hmed, Ketama)
    Ikka-yas aɣrum i Ḥmed. ― He gave the bread to Ahmed.

Declension

Inflection of aɣrum
singular plural
free state aɣrum —
annexed state uɣrum —

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[2], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[3], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Noun

aɣrum m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ)

  1. bread
    Synonyms: anguř, tacnift, taxebbast, tamqiyest, pappa

Declension

Inflection of aɣrum
singular plural
free state aɣrum —
annexed state weɣrum —

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَغْرُمْ (aɣrum, “bread”)[1], from Proto-Berber *a-ɣrum, possibly from Punic or Hebrew. Compare Hebrew קרום (krúm, “crust (bread), skin”).

Cognates include Tuareg aɣrum (“bread crust, crust in general”), Tarifit, Northern Saharan Berber, Central Atlas Tamazight, Kabyle, Nefusa, and Tunisian Berber aɣrum (“bread”).

Noun

aɣrum m (usually uncountable, feminine equivalent taɣrumt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ, Arabic spelling آغروم)

  1. bread
    Synonym: tangult
    تاجمّاعت ا يجدرن اغروم. ― tajmmaɛt a ijrdn aġrum. ― it was chatting that burnt the bread.

Inflection

Inflection of aɣrum
singular plural
free state aɣrum iɣrman, iɣrumn
annexed state uɣrum iɣrman, iɣrumn

Derived terms

  • aɣrum iktin (“sourdough bread”)
  • aɣrum imlan (“a type of thick pancake”)
  • aɣrum n tfarnut (“oven bread”)
  • aɣrum ur iktin (“unleavened bread”)
  • buɣrum (“baker”)

See also

References

  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 28
  • 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 171a
  • Werner Vycichl (1952), “Punischer Spracheinfluss im Berberischen”, in James F. Osborne, editor, Journal of Near Eastern Studies‎[4] (in German), volume 11, number 3, The University of Chicago Press, page 200
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