tarya

Tarifit

Irrigation ditch in Tafersit, Morocco.

Alternative forms

• targa — Western Tarifit

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rigo (“to lead, to irrigate”). Cognate with Tachawit targa (“irrigation ditch”).

Noun

tarya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵢⴰ, plural taryiwin)

1. irrigation ditch
2. (agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil)

Declension

Declension of tarya

	Singular	Plural
Free state	tarya	taryiwin
Construct state	trya	tryiwin