tamnjuct

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • تَمَنْجُشْت (tamanžušt)Medieval Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَمَنْجُشْت (tamanžušt, autumn), from earlier *tamanzuyt, the active participle of *n-z-y (to be early).

Cognate with Zenaga amanžäh (morning rain), Central Atlas Tamazight amenzu (hasty), and Ghadames amǝnzu (start).

Noun

tamnjuct f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵏⵊⵓⵛⵜ, Arabic spelling تامنجوشت)

  1. autumn
    Synonym: lxrif

See also

Seasons in Tashelhit · izmaz (layout · text) · category
taldrar (spring) tanbdut (summer) tamnzuyt (autumn) tagrst (winter)

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 2479b