aḥanu

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • taḥanut

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تاحانوت (taḥanut, “house,room”), from Moroccan Arabic حانوت (ḥānūt), from Arabic حَانُوت (ḥānūt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aħanu/

Noun

aḥanu m (plural iḥuna, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴰⵏⵓ, Arabic spelling آحانو)

  1. room, house
  2. granary
  3. shop, workshop

Inflection

Inflection of aḥanu
singular plural
free state aḥanu iḥuna
annexed state uḥanu iḥuna

Derived terms

  • aḥanu n lxzin (“storage room”)
  • aḥanu n tguni (“bedroom”)
  • aḥanu n tqbilt (“town hall”)
  • aḥanu n walim (“barn”)
  • fiḥuna (“terrace”)

See also

  • agadir (“granary”)
  • tasbbabt (“commerce”)
  • tigmmi (“house”)

References

  • 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 182a
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