agrḍ

• agṛḍ, amggṛḍ

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit [script needed] (agerḍ~agreḍ, “neck”), from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“neck”).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight agerḍ (“neck, voice”), Ghomara agerṭ (“neck”), Zenaga əgaṛḏ̣ (“neck”), Tamahaq éɣereḍ (“testiere”), Tawellemmet and Tayert égărăḍ (“nape, testiere”) & Tawellemmet témäggărăt, tamăggărät (“nape, back of the head”), Awjila agə̀rəṭ (“neck”), Kabyle agʷəṛḍ (“neckline”), and Tuareg tejă̏rḍăwt (“base of cranium just above nape”).

• IPA^(key): /aɡrdˤ/

agrḍ m (plural igraḍ, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⵔⴹ, Arabic spelling آڭرض)

1. neck, throat

   آڭرض يڭات ڭر الدّات د وڭايّو

   agrḍ iga t gr ddat d ugayyu

   We call the neck what's between the trunk and the head.

2. (metonymic) voice, voice timbre

   ايلّا دار تالبنصيرت يا وڭرض يحنّان

   illa dar Talbnṣirt yan ugrḍ iḥnnan

   Talbinsirt has a soft voice.

3. (geography) col, mountain pass

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1149b