aẓewwar

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aẓwer or *aẓur.

Cognates include Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵓⵔ (aẓur, root), Tashelhit aẓuṛ (root), Kabyle aẓar (root), Ghadames aẓur (root), Tuareg aẓar (root).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /azˤuwːarˤ/

Noun

aẓewwar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⴻⵡⵡⴰⵔ)

  1. (botany) root (of a plant)
  2. (figurative) roots (ancestry, origin)
  3. (anatomy) blood vessel, vein, artery

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL