xizzu

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خيزو (ḵīzzu), in turn from a Berber language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χizːu/

Noun

xizzu m (collective, Tifinagh spelling ⵅⵉⵣⵣⵓ)

  1. carrots, carrot
    Ẓẓiɣ amerjaɛ n xizzu.I planted a field of carrots.

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خيزو (ḵīzzu), in turn from a Berber language.

Noun

xizzu m (collective, singulative txizzut f, plural tixizzutin, Tifinagh spelling ⵅⵉⵣⵣⵓ)

  1. carrot, carrots