aẓuṛ

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • aẓur, azaṛ, azɣr

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aẓwer or *aẓur (“root”)[1]

Compare Ghomara and Kabyle aẓar (“root, muscle”), Tarifit aẓwar (“root, vein”), Ghadames aẓur (“root”), Tuareg aẓar (“root”) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵓⵔ (aẓur, “root”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /azˤurˤ/

Noun

aẓuṛ m (plural iẓuṛan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⵓⵕ, Arabic spelling آژور)

  1. root
  2. vein, nerve

Inflection

Inflection of aẓuṛ
singular plural
free state aẓuṛ iẓuṛan
annexed state uẓuṛ iẓuṛan

See also

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 38
  • 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 581b
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