agḍiḍ

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ǵăḍiḍ (“bird”).

Compare Tuareg aǵăḍeḍ (“bird”), Tarifit ajḍiḍ (“bird”), and Ghadames aǵaḍid (“bird”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡdˤidˤ/

Noun

agḍiḍ m (construct state ugḍiḍ, plural igḍaḍ, feminine equivalent tagḍiṭṭ, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⴹⵉⴹ, Arabic spelling آڭضيض)

  1. bird
    Synonym: aylal
    agḍiḍ ar ittmttat, aṛṛaḍ ar iḍṣṣa. ― the bird is dying, the boy is laughing.

Derived terms

  • agḍiḍ asuqqi (“sooty shearwater”)
  • agḍiḍ n wulli (“wagtail”)
  • izm n igʷḍaḍ (“opuntia tuna”)

See also

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 123a
  • Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 251
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