agllid

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

agellid — Medieval Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ǵăllid (“king”)

Compare Kabyle agellid (“king”), Tarifit ajeǧid (“king”), Ghadames ašăllid (“king”), Northern Saharan Berber gelled (“to be a king”), Senhaja De Srair azžid (“king”), and Numidian gld (“king”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɡlːid/

Noun

agllid m (construct state ugllid, plural igldan, feminine equivalent tagllidt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ, Arabic spelling آڭلّيد)

king, sultan
ikabr ukššuḍ, ifka as ṛbbi ašaqqur; ikabr ugllid, ikka as ṛbbi liyyam.
However proud wood may be, God sent it the saw; however proud a king may be, God brought him down.

G agllid n ɛlaxir. ― Be in good condition (litt. be a king of well-beign).

Derived terms

aglduc (“prince”)
agllid n tagant (“panther”)
agllid n tzzwa (“queen bee", "litt. king of the bees"”)
iwis ugllid (“prince”)
lukil ugllid (“minister”)
tagldit (“kingdom”)
tagllidt (“queen”)

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 136b
Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 145