tifiyyi

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • tifiyya, tifyyi, tifiyi, tifyya
  • تيفييّا — Arabo-Berber Spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تيفييّا (tifiyya, “meat,flesh”), from Proto-Berber [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?].

Compare Zenaga tfiʔžžih (“meat, flesh”), Egyptian jf (“flesh, meat”), and Iraqw fuʔuni (“meat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tifijːi/

Noun

tifiyyi f (construct state tfiyyi, plural tifiyyiw, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵢⵢⵉ, Arabic spelling تيفييّي)

  1. meat, flesh
    Synonym: aksum
    tstl tfiyyi ad kilu. ― this meat weighs a kilo.

Derived terms

  • aman n tfiyyi (“bouillon”)
  • tifiyyi iqqurn (“muttons”)
  • tifiyyi izgzawn (“raw meat”)
  • tifiyyi n bnadm (“human flesh”)
  • tifiyyi n lbgri (“beef”)
  • tifiyyi n lɣlmi (“mutton”)
  • tifiyyi yurfn (“grilled meat”)
  • tifiyyiw (“great amount of meat”)

Descendants

  • → Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵢⵉ (tifiyi, “meat, flesh”)

See also

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 2649b
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