timzgida

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • tamzgida, timzgid, timzgit

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, “mosque”), from Imperial Aramaic 𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀 (msgdʾ /⁠masgəḏā⁠/, “place of worship”). Doublet of lmsid.

Compare Tarifit tamziyda (“mosque”), Nefusa tmǝzgidá (“mosque”), and Tuareg tamăžžida (“mosque”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /timzɡida/

Noun

timzgida f (plural timzgadiw, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ, Arabic spelling تيمزڭيدا)

  1. mosque
    ايلازم تيمزڭيدا س توسّمڭا كرا ن المُدّة.
    ilazm timzgida s tussmga kra n lmudda.
    He retreats to the mosque for a period of time to devote himself to prayer.
  2. Qur'anic school
    تسّاكم تن تيمزڭيدا اد لمدن الدّين د واد سّنّ السّوارات.
    tsakm tn timzgida ad lmdn ddin d wad ssnn sswaṛat.
    You will send your children to school so that they learn religion there and so that they know/memorize the Quranic surahs.

Inflection

Inflection of timzgida
singular plural
free state timzgida timzgadiwin, timzgadiw
annexed state tmzgida tmzgadiwin, tmzgadiw

Derived terms

  • timzgida n irumiyn (“church”)
  • timzgida n wudayn (“synagogue”)

See also

  • aẓum (“to fast”)
  • ddin (“religion”)
  • lislam (“Islam”)
  • maṭr (“to be blessed”)
  • tamtra (“prayer”)
  • taẓallit (“salat”)
  • tussmga (“worship”)
  • uẓum (“fasting”)
  • ẓẓal (“to pray”)

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 2698b
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