aḥram

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• aḥarmuš

Etymology

From Moroccan Arabic حرام (ḥrām, “illegitimate”), from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām, “illegitimate”). Substitutive borrowing to avoid terms of endearment for children due to the belief they may be harmed by spirits.

Noun

aḥram m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⵔⴰⵎ, plural iḥramen, feminine taḥrant)

1. boy
2. young man

Declension

Declension of aḥram
	Singular	Plural
free state	aḥram	iḥramen
construct state	weḥram	yiḥramen

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2013) The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 92