aẓewwar
Senhaja de Srair
Alternative forms
- aẓewwaṛ, aẓuwwar, aẓuwwaṛ
- aẓwar, aẓwaṛ (Bunsar)
- aẓar, aẓaṛ (Ketama, Seddat)
- aẓɣur, aẓɣuṛ (Hmed, Taghzut)
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)
- (botany) root (of a plant)
- (figurative) roots (ancestry, origin)
- (anatomy) blood vessel, vein, artery