tarubi

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • tarubya, tarubyi, turbyi, tarubit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin rubia (madder).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight tarrubya (madder), and Kabyle ṯaruḇya (madder).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tarubi/

Noun

tarubi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵓⴱⵉ, Arabic spelling تاروبي)

  1. Rubia peregrina, Rubia tinctorum

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, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2529a