aẓṛu

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • azṛu

Etymology

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Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵔⵓ (aẓru, “stone”), Tarifit aẓru (“rock, stone”), and Ghomara aẓṛu (“stone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /azˤrˤu/

Noun

aẓṛu m (plural iẓṛan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⵕⵓ, Arabic spelling آژرو)

  1. stone (small or large), rock, stone quarry
    Synonyms: asla, taggunt, ablaḍ
    وانّا يرژمن ي وژرو، اورا سول يتّحكام.
    wanna irẓmn i uẓru ur a sul ittḥkam.
    whoever let go of a ston can no longer control it.

Inflection

Inflection of aẓṛu
singular plural
free state aẓṛu iẓṛan
annexed state uẓṛu iẓṛan

Derived terms

  • aẓṛu azgzaw (“emerald”)
  • aẓṛu iẓṛan Ṛbbi (“antimony”)
  • aẓṛu n uzrg (“millstone”)
  • aẓṛu n wallus (“stone in a river rapid”)
  • aẓṛu n zznad (“flintstone”)
  • iẓṛan n ttayammum (“stones used for dry ablutions”)
  • tafrkʷct n uẓṛu (“thin splinter of stone”)
  • tifrzizin n iẓṛan (“small pieces of pebble”)

See also

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 579b
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