afalku

• fařcu, fācu — Central Tarifit
• fařku

Borrowed from Latin falcō (“falcon”).

afalku m (plural ifulka, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵍⴽⵓ)

1. falcon
2. eagle

   Synonym: jidar

3. lammergeier, bearded vulture

   Synonym: jidar

• afelkun — Medieval Tashelhit
• afrkun — Baamran
• afalkay — Iḥaḥan

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit آفلكون (afelkun, “falcon”), from Latin falcōnis, likely via African Romance.

Compare Kabyle afalku (“bird of prey, falcon”), Tarifit fařcu (“bearded vulture”), and Tachawit falku (“bird of prey”).

• IPA^(key): /afalku/

afalku m (construct state ufalku, plural ifulka, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵍⴽⵓ, Arabic spelling آفالكو)

1. hawk

   Synonym: lbaz

2. bearded vulture
3. (Iḥaḥan) falcon

   Synonym: lbaz

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