zzitun

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زيتون (zaytūn, zītūn), from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zːitun/

Noun

zzitun m (collective, singulative tazitunt f, Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵣⵉⵜⵓⵏ)

  1. (domesticated) olives, olive
    Synonym: azemmur (Hmed)
  • zzit (“oil”)
    • zzit aberkan (“olive oil”)
    • zzit n zzitun (“olive oil”)

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 زيتون (zītūn, “olive”)

Noun

zzitun m (collective, singulative tazitunt f, Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵣⵉⵜⵓⵏ)

  1. olives (fruit or tree)
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