tayri

Kabyle

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Central Atlas Tamazight and Tashelhit tayri (“love”).

Noun

tayri f

  1. love
    Synonyms: lmeḥibba, lebɣi

References

Dallet, J. (1982). Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie. Netherlands: SELAF page: 10

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verbal noun of er (“to love, to desire”), from Proto-Berber *əβr (“to want, to love”).

Cognates include Tuareg tarha (“love”), Ghadames aβerri (“love, desire”), and Central Atlas Tamazight tayri (“love, desire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tajri/

Noun

tayri f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ, Arabic spelling تايري)

  1. love, desire
    nkki tayri n tmazirt inu ar lmut, ula awal ad a sawalġ, ar issn ttaraġ.
    for life, for the love of my homeland, i will consecrate myself as well for this language that i speak and write.
  2. will, wish
    s lmiqdar n tayri n ṛbbi. ― According to God's will.

Derived terms

  • bab n tayri (“lover”)
  • bu tayri (“lover”)

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 2605b
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