tamdint
Kabyle
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Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna)
Kabyle tamdint
Borrowed from Algerian Arabic مدينة (mdīna), from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna), borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tamdint/
Noun
tamdint f (plural timdinin)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | tamdint | timdinin |
| annexed state | temdint | temdinin |
References
- Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
- Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France
Tarifit
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Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna)
Tarifit tamdint
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مدينة (mdīna), from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna), borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā).
Noun
tamdint f (plural timdinin or tineddam, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | tamdint | tineddam |
| annexed state | tmdint | tneddam |
Tashelhit
Alternative forms
- lmdint
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Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna)
Tashelhit tamdint
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مدينة (mdīna), from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna), borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tamdint/
Noun
tamdint f (plural timdinin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ, Arabic spelling تامدينت)
- city
- لّان ميدّن غيلاد ور اكُّ سول ران اد ساولن تاشلحيت غ تمدنيت.
- llan middn ġilad ur akkʷ sul ran ad sawln tašlḥit ġ tmdint.
- there are people now who no longer want to speak Tachelhit in the city.
- (euphemistic) graveyard
- Synonym: asmḍl
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | tamdint | timdinin |
| annexed state | tmdint | tmdinin,timdinin |
Derived terms
- u tmdint (“city dweller, townsman”)
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 2466b