taglayt

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *g-l-ʔ (“egg, testicle”), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?] (“egg, testicle”).

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⴳⵍⵉⵜ (tiglit), ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴰⵢⵜ (taglayt, “egg”), Chenoua hagelgult (“testicle”), Beni Snous t̠aglat ("testicle"), Awjila tgìli (“head”), Tuareg gələllət (“to be round”), Proto-Central Chadic *gaʔil- (“egg”), whence Ga'anda gèʔìla, ngèʔèle (“egg”), Boga ngàla (“egg”), and Hwana ŋgàla (“egg”); Ngas gwāl (“testicle”), and Afar gǝlǝlo (“egg”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taɡlajt/

Noun

taglayt f (construct state tglayt, plural tiglay, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴰⵢⵜ, Arabic spelling تاڭلايت)

  1. egg
    تاسكّورت ار تسضار سين د مراو ن تڭلايت خ وايّور خ تالدرار.
    taskkurt ar tsḍaṛ sin d mraw n tglayt x wayyur x taldrar.
    the partridge lays twelve eggs per month in spring

Inflection

Inflection of taglayt
singular plural
free state taglayt tiglay
annexed state tglayt tglay

Derived terms

  • adrnu n tglay (“omelette”)
  • aglay (“testicle”)
  • bu tglay (“egg merchant”)
  • ssawraġ n tglayt (“egg yolk”)
  • taglayt n ljuhr (“pearl”)
  • tiglay n waḍu (“empty eggs”)

See also

  • akʷfay (“milk”)
  • amtcu (“food”)
  • tafullust (“chicken”)
  • taskkurt (“patridge”)

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 2376
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