agḍiḍ

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ǵăḍiḍ (“bird”)^[1].

Cognate with Ghomara agṭiṭ (“bird”), Tuareg aǵăḍeḍ, ejắḍeḍ (“bird”), Tarifit ajḍiḍ (“bird”), Zenaga aġḏ̣uḏ (“bird”), Tetserret agoḍəḍ (“bird”), Awjila agaṭîṭ (“bird”), Northern Saharan Berber ajdiḍ (“bird”), Siwi ašṭíṭ (“bird”) and Ghadames aǵaḍid (“bird”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɡdˤidˤ/

Noun

agḍiḍ m (construct state ugḍiḍ, plural igḍaḍ, feminine equivalent tagḍiṭṭ, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⴹⵉⴹ, Arabic spelling آڭضيض)

bird
Synonym: aylal

آڭضيض ار يتمتّات، آرّاض ار يضصّا
agḍiḍ ar ittmttat, aṛṛaḍ ar iḍṣṣa
The bird is dying, the boy is laughing.

Derived terms

agḍiḍ asuqqi (“sooty shearwater”)
agḍiḍ n wulli (“wagtail”)
izm n igʷḍaḍ (“opuntia tuna”)

References

^ Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 300

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 123a
Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 251

[1] Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 300

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