täbäräT

Zenaga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic, compare Proto-Semitic *ʕabar- (to cross). Unrelated to Tashelhit abrid and its cognates.

Cognate with Tetserret tabarat (path), Awjila tebārût (way, street), Tamasheq ằbara, taberăt (road), Tawellemmet and Tayert aber, tàbarăt (path, road).

Noun

täbäräT f (plural tbärīn)

  1. road, path
    Synonym: täʷrǝS

References

  • Taine-Cheikh, Catherine (2008), Dictionnaire zénaga-français: le berbère de Mauritanie présenté par racines dans une perspective comparative (Berber Studies; 20) (in French), Germany: Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 61