taggurt

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *taβurt (“door”), derived from Proto-Berber *əβər (“to be closed, to close”); Unrelated to Latin porta (“gate”) and Tuareg aru (“to open”).

Compare Kabyle tabburt (“door”), Ghadames taββurt (“door”), Tarifit tawurt (“door”), Tuareg tahort (“door”), and Awjila tevûrt (“door”), also see Tashelhit bara (“to be wide open”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taɡːurt/

Noun

taggurt f (construct state tggurt, plural tiggura, masculine equivalent aggur, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴳⴳⵓⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تاڭّورت)

  1. door
    Synonyms: imi, lbab, tiflut
    tigmmi n gmak tlla taman tgmmi mm tggurt tazgzawt
    your brother's house is next to the one with a green door.
  2. doorleaf
  3. one of the two parts of a book cover
  4. a hairstyle for young women

See also

  • aggur (“large door”)
  • bara (“to be wide open”)
  • ccrjm (“window”)
  • tigmmi (“house”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2373b
  • 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 101
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