tiṭṭ
Tashelhit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *t-iṭṭ-t (“eye”)[1].
Cognate with Ghomara tiṭṭ (“eye”), Tuareg tèṭṭ, tiṭṭ (“eye”), Awjila tìt (“eye”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⵟⵟ (tiṭṭ, “eye”), Kabyle, Northern Saharan Berber, and Tarifit tiṭ (“eye”), Sokna ṭīṭ (“source, spring”), Tetserret təḍ (“eye”), and Zenaga tuḌ (“eye”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /titˤː/
Audio (Agadir): (file)
Noun
tiṭṭ f (plural alln, plural construct state walln, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵟⵟ, Arabic spelling تيطّ)
- eye
- آكشّوض نّا تحڭرت ا را يكّس تيطّ نّك.
- akššuḍ nna tḥgrt a ra ikks tiṭṭ nnk.
- the twig you despise will make you blind.
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | tiṭṭ | alln |
| annexed state | tiṭṭ | walln |
Derived terms
- addad n tiṭṭ (“lowering the gaze”)
- tagmmut n tiṭṭ (“eyeball”)
- tiṭṭ n waman (“water source”)
See also
References
- ^ Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 296
- 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 2729a
Tuareg
Etymology
From Proto-Berber *t-iṭṭ-t. Cognates include Tashelhit tiṭṭ.
Noun
tiṭṭ f (plural tiṭṭawen)