awraɣ

• awrax (Ayt Sɛid, Ayt Tuzin, Ayt Uřic, Tafersit)

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-wăraɣ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *warāḳ- (“green, yellow”).

awraɣ m (plural iwraɣen, feminine equivalent tawraɣt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ)

1. yellow, gold
2. a yellow or golden object or being

awraɣ (feminine tawraɣt, masculine plural iwraɣen, feminine plural tiwraɣin, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ)

1. yellow, yellowish, golden
2. pale

   Yiwḍ-ed ak ijj uɣembub d awraɣ. ― He arrived with a pale face.

• awrraɣ, awriɣ

From Proto-Berber *a-wăraɣ, the nominalized form of *wăraɣ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *warāḳ- (“green, yellow”). Synchronically from iwriɣ (“to be yellow”).

Cognate with Proto-Semitic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow”), Egyptian jꜣqt.

• IPA^(key): /awraɣ/

awraɣ m (plural iwraɣn, feminine equivalent tawraɣt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ, Arabic spelling آوراغ)

1. yellow, gold
2. a type of fish without scales

awraɣ (feminine tawraɣt, masculine plural iwraɣn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ, Arabic spelling آوراغ)

1. yellow, golden
2. pale

• 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 506b