argaz
Ghomara
Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”).
Pronunciation
- (Iɛraben) IPA(key): [ɛɾɡɛz]
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazen)
Inflection
References
- Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)[1], Leiden
Kabyle
| Root |
|---|
| r-g-z |
| 1 term |
Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arɡaz/
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazen, feminine equivalent targazt)
Inflection
References
- Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[2], retrieved 2025
- Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France
Senhaja de Srair
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arɡaz/
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ)
Declension
Tarifit
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazen, feminine equivalent targast, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ)
- alternative form of aryaz
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | argaz | irgazen |
| annexed state | wargaz, wergaz | yargazen, yergazen |
Tashelhit
تيكليت ن يان ورڭاز د تمغارت نّس. (tiklit n yan urgaz d tmɣart nns, “Painting of a man and his wife.”)
Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”), itself derived from a verb meaning "to walk", and hence originally meaning "the one who walks on foot". A parallel development is found in Arabic رَجُل (rajul, “man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arɡaz/
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ, Arabic spelling آرڭاز)
Inflection
Derived terms
- argaz n dar uḍar (“messenger”)
- irgazn n id matsn (“stepfathers”)
- tirrugza (“virility, manhood”)
See also
References
- Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 382b