tamɣart

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • ṯamɣāṯ — Central

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑmɣart/, (Central) /θɑmɣaːθ/

Noun

tamɣart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ, plural timɣarin)

  1. woman
    Synonym: tameṭṭut
  2. wife

Declension

Inflection of tamɣart
singular plural
free state tamɣart timɣarin
construct state tmɣart tmɣarin
  • mɣar (“to be big, grown, old”)
  • amɣar (“father-in-law”)

Tashelhit

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *t-amɣar-t, from *a-mɣar (“great, elder, chief”) +‎ *t- -t (feminine circumfix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamɣart/

Noun

tamɣart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ, plural timɣarin)

  1. a woman
    Synonym: tamṭṭut
  2. a wife

See also

  • tawssart (“elderly woman”)
  • argaz (“man”)
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