aẓ

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aβəẓ (“to be near, to approach”).[1] Cognate with Kabyle aẓ (“to approach”), Tamahaq ahēẓ (“to be near”), Tayert and Tawellemmet ihaẓ (“to approach”), and Tamasheq ihoẓ (“to be near”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /azˤ/

Verb

aẓ (intensive aorist ttaẓ, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥ, Arabic spelling آژ)

  1. to be near
    Synonym: akmur
    ياژ الرباط سلا، اور مياڭالن ابلا اسيف.
    yaẓ ṛṛbaṭ sla, ur myagaln abla asif.
    Rabat is close to Salé; they are only separated by the river.
  2. to approach

Derived terms

  • mmyaẓ (“to be close to each other”)
  • ssaẓ (“To bring closer”)

References

  1. ^ Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 96
  • 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 572b
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