taggurt

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Proto-Berber *əβərdeverb.
Proto-Berber *ta-βur-t
Tashelhit taggurt

    Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-βur-t (“door”), deverbal from *əβər (“to be closed, to close”).

    Cognates include Ghadames taββurt, Awjila tavvùrt, Tarifit tawwurt, and Tuareg tahort.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /taɡːurt/

    Noun

    taggurt f (construct state tggurt, plural tiggura, masculine equivalent aggur, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴳⴳⵓⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تاڭّورت)

    1. door
      Synonyms: imi, lbab, tiflut
      تيڭمّي ن ڭماك تلّا تاما ن تڭّمي مّ تڭّورت تزڭزاوت.
      tigmmi n gmak tlla taman tgmmi mm tggurt tzgzawt
      your brother's house is next to the one with a green door.
    2. doorleaf
    3. one of the two parts of a book cover
    4. a hairstyle for young women

    See also

    • aggur (“large door”)
    • bara (“to be wide open”)
    • ccrjm (“window”)
    • tigmmi (“house”)

    References

    • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2373b
    • Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 101
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