prɛu

Tashelhit

Etymology

From Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (“pharaoh”), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“great house, pharaoh”). Doublet of firɛawn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prʕu/

Noun

prɛu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⵔⵄⵓ, Arabic spelling پرعو)

  1. (Judeo-Berber) pharaoh
    dadda pṛʕu. ― uncle pharaoh.

See also

  • agllid (“king”)
  • miṣr (“Egypt”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1848b
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