afrux

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فرخ (farḵ, “young of an animal or fowl”).

afrux m (plural ifarxan, feminine equivalent tafruxt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵔⵓⵅ)

1. child, boy

   Synonym: aḥenjir

2. foal, colt
3. bird

From Arabic فَرْخ (farḵ, “chick”). Compare the semantic development of English chick (“young bird , young child”), and Arabic غلام (ḡulām, “boy-child, boy-servant”).

In Medieval times the term was used as a derogatory label for Christian slaves captured by the Almohads, these slaves were referred to as ifarxan or Banu farxan.^[1]

afrux m (plural ifrxan, feminine equivalent tafruxt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵔⵓⵅ, Arabic spelling آفروخ)

1. boy, child

   Synonyms: arba, aɛyyal

   iẓlmḍ afrux ad. ― this boy is clumsy.

• 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 103b