tamɣart

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• ṯamɣāṯ — Central

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

tamɣart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ, plural timɣarin)

1. woman

   Synonym: tameṭṭut

2. wife

Declension

	singular	plural
free state	tamɣart	timɣarin
construct state	tmɣart	tmɣarin

Related terms

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

Tashelhit

Other scripts

Tifinagh		ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ
Arabic		تامغارت

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamɣart/

Noun

tamɣart f (plural timɣarin)

1. a woman

   Synonym: tamṭṭut

2. a wife

See also

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