ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *(β)Vzzal. Cognate with Tashelhit uzzal.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Further etymology: possibly borrowed from Punic 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 (brzl), itself part of a Mesopotamian Wanderwort, with regular loss of /β/ at the start or end of a word and a loss of rhotacism /rz/>/zː/, or borrowed from Vandalic, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, with also a loss of rhotacism /r/>/l/ (and a regular assimilation of /n/ then a reduction of final tense consonants)”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uzzal/
- (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [u̞zːæ̝l]

Noun

ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ • (uzzal) m

(uncountable) iron (Fe)