tigẓẓlt

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • tigẓlt, tigẓḍlt, tigẓdlt, tigzzlt, tigẓẓilt

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-ǵẓ(ẓ)ǝl-t (“kidney”).

Cognate with Kabyle tigeẓẓelt (“kidney”), Tarifit tiyẓẓetc (“kidney”), Ghadames taǵăẓẓult (“kidney”), Awjila taqəẓẓàlt (“kidney”), Tamasheq taǧǝẓelt (“kidney”), Tayert and Tawellemmet tagẓǝlt (“kidney”),

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɡzˤːlt/

Noun

tigẓẓlt f (plural tigẓẓal, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴳⵥⵥⵍⵜ, Arabic spelling تيڭژّلت)

  1. kidney

Inflection

Inflection of tigẓẓlt
singular plural
free state tigẓẓlt tigẓẓal
annexed state tgẓẓlt tgẓẓal

See also

  • ada (“intestine”)
  • inrfḍ (“spleen”)
  • tasa (“liver”)
  • turt (“lung”)
  • ul (“heart”)

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 2665a
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