middn

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • mddn

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit مِدَّن (middan, “people, humans”), from Proto-Berber *middan (“people, men”)[1]. Morphologically the plural form of Medieval Tashelhit اَمَدَن (amadan, “man”).

Cognate with Tuareg meddăn, meddǝn (“men”), Senhaja de Srair, Ghomara, and Kabyle medden (“people”), Northern Saharan Berber middn (“people”), Ghadames măddén (“people”), and Awjila amə̀dən (“man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /midːn/

Noun

middn pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵉⴷⴷⵏ, Arabic spelling ميدّن)

  1. people, humans
    Synonym: bnadm
    لّان ميدّن غيلاد ور اكُّ سول ران اد ساولن تاشلحيت غ تمدنيت.
    llan middn ġilad ur akkʷ sul ran ad sawln tašlḥit ġ tmdint.
    there are people now who no longer want to speak Tachelhit in the city.

See also

References

  1. ^ Libyo-Berbers-Tuaregs-Canarians (Tamâhaq Tuaregs in the Canary Islands in the Context of Ethno-Linguistic Prehistory of Libyo-Berbers: Linguistic and Inscriptional Evidence). page 39
  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1723a
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