ayyur
Kabyle
Alternative forms
- aggur (Western Kabyle)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ʔyur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ajːur/
Noun
ayyur m (plural ayyuren)
- moon
- Twalamt ayyur deg igenni?
- Did you pl see the moon in the sky?
- month
- Gezzmeɣ acebbub-iw yal ayyur.
- I get a haircut every month.
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | ayyur | ayyuren |
| annexed state | wayyur | wayyuren |
References
- Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[2], retrieved 2025
- Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France
- Saïd Guerrab (2014), Analyse dialectométrique des parlers berbères de Kabylie (in French) (PhD Thesis), Paris: Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
Tashelhit
Etymology
Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايّور (ayyur, “moon, month”),[1] from Proto-Berber *a-ʔyur (“moon, month”),[2] ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic.
Cognates include Kabyle ayyur, aggur (“moon”), Zenaga äʔž(ž)ər (“moon”), Northern Saharan Berber and Tarifit yur (“new moon”), Sokna yūr (“month”), Ghadames ōyăr (“moon, lunar month”), Tetserret ayaṛ (“moon, month”), Tamasheq ewăr (“moon, month”), Egyptian jꜥḥ (“moon”), and Proto-Semitic *warḫ- (“moon, month”) (whence Phoenician 𐤉𐤓𐤇 (yrḥ, “moon”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ajːur/
Audio (Imsouane): (file)
Noun
ayyur m (plural irn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵢⵓⵔ, Arabic spelling آيّور)
- moon
- تيفاوت ن وايّور ار تسوفو. ― tifawt n wayyur ar tsufu. ― the moon shines.
- month
- آود ي يدريمن اد اك ور كمّلن اورتا يلكم يخف ن وايّور.
- awd i idrimn ad ak ur kmmln ur ta ilkm ixf n wayyur.
- save your money so that it doesn't run out before the end of the month.
Inflection
Derived terms
- anayyur (“monthly, lunar”)
- ayyur ikmmln (“full moon”)
- ayyur illuln (“new moon”)
- ayyur n ignwan (“Islamic calendar”)
- ayyur n igʷrramn (“Rajab”)
- ayyur n wakal (“Julian calendar”)
- ayyur n waḍan (“full lunar moon”)
- ayyur wuẓum (“Ramadan”)
- aṭṭan n wayyur (“lunar eclipse”)
- irn n wakal (“julian months”)
- lmɣibt n wayyur (“first and last quarter of the moon”)
- tamayyurt (“moonlight”)
See also
References
- ^ Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’[1], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), page 15
- ^ 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 277
- 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, , →ISBN, page 541a