aẓuṛ

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • aẓur, azaṛ, azɣr

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aẓwer or *aẓur (“root”)[1]

Compare Kabyle azaṛ (“root”), Ghadames aẓur (“root”), Tuareg aẓar (“root”) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵓⵔ (aẓur, “root”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /azˤurˤ/

Noun

aẓuṛ m (plural iẓuṛan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⵓⵕ, Arabic spelling آژور)

  1. root
  2. vein, nerve

Inflection

Inflection of aẓuṛ
singular plural
free state aẓuṛ iẓuṛan
construct state uẓuṛ iẓuṛan

See also

  • idammn (“blood”)
  • ilm (“skin”)
  • tiɣssi (“body”)

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 38
  • 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 581b
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