tarya

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • targaWestern Tarifit

Etymology

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

Noun

tarya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵢⴰ, plural taryiwin)

  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