aḍaṛ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "adar"

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit آضار (“foot”), from Proto-Berber *aḍʔar (“foot”).

Compare Kabyle aḍaṛ (“foot”), Northern Saharan Berber aḍar (“foot”), Tarifit ḍar (“foot”), Ghadames aṭăr (“foot”), Tuareg aḍăr (“foot”), and Zenaga aḏ̣aʔṛ (“foot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˤarˤ/

Noun

aḍaṛ m (plural iḍaṛn or iḍaṛṛn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⴰⵕ, Arabic spelling آضار)

  1. foot
    Ar as izzga Ṛbbi iḍaṛn nns ġ ṣṣiṛaṭ askka yawm lqiyama.
    God will make his steps firm on the Day of Resurrection, for the crossing of the Sirat.
  2. leg

Inflection

Inflection of aḍaṛ
singular plural
free state aḍaṛ iḍaṛn, iḍaṛṛn
construct state uḍaṛ iḍaṛn, iḍaṛṛn

Derived terms

  • aḍar waylal (“Ammi majus”)
  • aḍaṛ n tfyyi (“a leg of a lamb”)
  • bu uḍaṛ (“leg amputee”)
  • imi n uḍar (“ankle”)
  • iḍarn n tmušša (“erodium ”)

See also

  • afud (“knee”)
  • aḍaḍ (“finger”)
  • tiɣssa (“body”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 79a
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