tamɣart

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • ṯamɣāṯ — Central

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑmɣart/, (Central) /θɑmɣaːθ/

Noun

tamɣart f (plural timɣarin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ)

  1. woman
    Synonym: tameṭṭut
  2. wife

Declension

Inflection of tamɣart
singular plural
free state tamɣart timɣarin
construct state tmɣart tmɣarin
  • mɣar (“to be big, grown, old”)
  • amɣar (“father-in-law”)

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تامغارت (tamɣart, “elderly woman”), ultimately from Proto-Berber *m-ɣ-r (“to be old”).

Compare Tarifit tamɣart (“woman, wife, mother-in-law”), Senhaja De Srair ṯemɣarṯ (“woman, wife”), Kabyle tamɣart (“old woman”) and Tachawit tamɣart (“old woman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamɣart/

Noun

tamɣart f (plural tumɣarin or timɣarin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تامغارت)

  1. woman, wife
    Synonyms: tamṭṭut, taldni
    tga tmġart iṣlḥn zund anẓar, aynna s tkšm, tawi srs lbaraka.
    a virtuous woman is like the rain; wherever she arrives, she brings blessings.
  2. married woman
    Antonyms: taɛzrit, tafruxt, taɛzzabt
  3. (Medieval Tashelhit) elderly woman
    Synonym: tawssart

Inflection

Inflection of tamɣart
singular plural
free state tamɣart tumɣarin, timɣarin
construct state tmɣart tmɣarin
  • amɣar (“village chief”)
  • anmɣur (“influential figure”)
  • argaz (“man”)
  • imɣur (“to be old”)
  • tafruxt (“girl”)
  • tamɣra (“wedding”)
  • tawssart (“elderly woman”)

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 2469a
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