tanawt

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin navis (“ship”).

Noun

tanawt f (plural tanawin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⵜ, Arabic spelling تاناوت)

  1. alternative form of anaw
  2. ship, sailing boat
    1. (by extension) a watercraft, powered or unpowered, designed for navigation

Inflection

Inflection of tanawt
singular plural
free state tanawt tanawin
construct state tanawt tanawin

Derived terms

  • aglzim n tanawt (“anchor”)

See also

  • anfluk (“boat”)
  • aɣrrabu (“boat”)
  • ill (“sea”)

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 2495b
  • Georg Höst, Efterretninger om Marokos og Fes, samlede der i Landene fra ao. 1760 til 1768, N. Müller, Kiøbenhavn, 1779, page 130
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