ddr

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Dhudhuroa.

Symbol

ddr

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dhudhuroa.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Dhudhuroa terms

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *əddắr, the perfect of *idir (“to live”)[1], from earlier *iwdir ("to live"), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic.

Cognate with Ghomara dder (“to live”), Senhaja de Srair edder (“to live”), Tarifit ddar (“to live”), Kabyle edder (“to live”), Ghadames ăddər (“to live”), Awjila (ə)ddə́r (“to live”), Tuareg ə̀ddər, ǝddăr (“to be alive”), and Proto-Semitic *dwr, whence Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܕܘܪ (dwṛ, “to rest, to dwell”) & Hebrew דָּר (dar, “to dwell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dːr/

Verb

ddr (verbal noun tudrt, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵔ, Arabic spelling دّر)

  1. to live, to be alive
    Synonyms: sul, ḥyu, ɛic
    آر ازكّا، ايغ ندّر ― ar azkka, iɣ nddr ― See you tomorrow, if we are alive.

Derived terms

  • addar (“stable”)
  • amuddr (“animal”)
  • awal iddrn (“proverb”)
  • iddrn (“alive”)
  • taddart (“beehive”)
  • tudrt (“life”)
  • Yddr (“a given name”)

See also

  • ini (“to say”)
  • mmt (“to die”)
  • ssn (“to know”)

References

  1. ^ The Reconstruction of Proto-Berber 'to say', reconstructing the iCiC Light Verbs and the reflexes of Pre-Proto-Berber *w
  • 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 699b
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