ⵉⵙⵎ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

Either from Proto-Berber or borrowed from Moroccan Arabic اسم (ism), from Arabic اِسْم (ism). Ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ism/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [ism̩]
    • (schwa-less) IPA^(key): [ism]

Noun

ⵉⵙⵎ • (ism) m

1. name

References

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973) Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 104