tamɣart

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• ṯamɣāṯ — Central

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tamɣart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ, plural timɣarin)

1. woman

   Synonym: tameṭṭut

2. wife

Declension

Declension of tamɣart
	Singular	Plural
free state	tamɣart	timɣarin
construct state	tmɣart	tmɣarin

Related terms

• mɣar (“to be big, grown, old”)
• amɣar (“father-in-law”)

Tashelhit

yat tmɣart

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæmɣært/

Noun

tamɣart f (plural timɣarin)

• Construct state : tmɣart

1. a woman, an adult female human
2. a wife

Synonyms

• Tamṭṭut; Tawtmt

Derived terms

tamɣart n tgmmi (“housewife”), tamɣart ittarun (“pregnant woman”), tamghart n ugllid (“queen”),ect.

Antonyms

• argaz

Cognates

• Kabyle ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ (tamɣart, “old woman, old, stepmother.”)
• Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ (tamɣart, “old woman”)
• Tachawit ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ (tamɣart, “old woman, grandmother”)
• Tarifit ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ (tamɣart, “woman, wife”)

See also

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