tiṭṭ

Tashelhit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /titˤː/
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Noun

tiṭṭ f (construct state tiṭṭ, plural alln, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵟⵟ, Arabic spelling تيطّ)

  1. eye
    akššuḍ nna tḥgrt a ra ikks tiṭṭ nnk.
    the twig you despise will make you blind.

Inflection

Inflection of tiṭṭ
singular plural
free state tiṭṭ alln
construct state tiṭṭ walln

Derived terms

  • addad n tiṭṭ (“lowering the gaze”)
  • tagmmut n tiṭṭ (“eyeball”)
  • tiṭṭ n waman (“water source”)

See also

  • ignna (“sky”)
  • udm (“face”)
  • ẓṛ (“to see”)

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 2729a

Tuareg

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *t-iṭṭ-t. Cognates include Tashelhit tiṭṭ.

Noun

tiṭṭ f (plural tiṭṭawen)

  1. eye
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