asekkil

Kabyle

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Tawellemmet and Tayert asǝkkul (“letter, character”), from Tawellemmet ǝskel (“to be vocalized, to be punctuated”), ultimately from Arabic شَكَّلَ (šakkala, “to vocalize”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asəkːil/

Noun

asekkil m (plural isekkilen)

  1. (neologism) letter (of the alphabet)
    Synonym: lḥerf

Descendants

  • → Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (askkil, “letter”)

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎[1], retrieved 2025
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