ferfer

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فرفر (farfar, “to flap wings, to flutter, to fly”), from Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara, “to shake (of animals, esp. of a bird)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fərfər/

Verb

ferfer (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴻⵔⴼⴻⵔ)

  1. (intransitive) to fly
  • (Zerqet, casuative) sferfer (“to make fly, to steal”)

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL
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