tamazirt
Tashelhit
Etymology
Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَمَزِيرت (tamazirt, “country, land”), from Proto-Berber *ta-m-azir-t (“country, land”), possibly the feminine active participle of *z-r (“to protect”) (whence Zenaga yäẕ̌ār (“to protect”).
Cognate with Senhaja de Srair, Central Atlas Tamazight, and Ghomara tamazirt (“land, country”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tamazirt/
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Noun
tamazirt f (plural timizar, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تامازيرت)
- country, nation, land, region, countryside, hometown, homeland
- ايس تژريت كرا ينغميسن ن تمازيرت نّك؟
- is tẓrit kra inġmisn n tmazirt nnk?
- Have you received any news from your country?
- ماني يڭان تمازيرت نّك؟ ― mani igan tmazirt nnk? ― where are you from?
- اوشكيغد زغ تمازيرت نّغ. ― uškiɣ d zġ tmazirt nnġ. ― I have come from my hometown.
- مّوتنت لاجدود نّغ، آفاد اد سدرفينت تمازيرت نّغ.
- mmutn lajdud nnġ afad ad ssdrfint tmazirt nnġ
- Our grandparents died to liberate our homeland.
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | tamazirt | timizar |
| annexed state | tmazirt | tmizar |
Derived terms
- tamazirt ismgan (“Sahel”)
- tamazirt išlḥiyn (“Shleuh Country”)
- tamazirt n Jebala (“Jebala land”)
- tamazirt n lmɣrib (“Morocco”)
- tamazirt n yingliz (“England”)
- u tmazirt (“native”)
- xwu tmazirt (“to emigrate”)
See also
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, , →ISBN, page 2463b