ⴱⵣⵣⴰⴼ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بالزاف (bezzāf), from Arabic بِالْجُزَاف (bi-l-juzāf), ultimately from Persian گزاف (gazâf, “extravagant, excessive, exorbitant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bzzaf/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [βəzːæ̝f]

Adverb

ⴱⵣⵣⴰⴼ • (bzzaf)

1. many, much

   Synonym: ⴳⴳⵉⴷⵉ (ggidi)

See also

• ⵄⴷⴷⵓ (ɛddu)

References

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