tarya

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • targaWestern Tarifit

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rigo (to lead, to irrigate). Cognate with Tachawit targa (irrigation ditch).

Noun

tarya f (plural taryiwin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵢⴰ)

  1. irrigation ditch
  2. (agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil)

Declension

Inflection of tarya
singular plural
free state tarya taryiwin
construct state trya tryiwin