azrf

azrf

Tashelhit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /azrf/

Etymology 1

    Inherited from a Proto-Berber form meaning "road". Cognate with Ghomara azref (“road”), Senhaja de Srair izerf (“road”) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵣⵔⴼ (azrf, “customary law”).

    Compare semantically with Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, “path, law”) and Latin drictus (“straight, law, right”)

    Noun

    azrf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵔⴼ, Arabic spelling آزرف)

    1. (archaic) customary law
      Synonym: lqanun
    2. (neologism) law
    Inflection
    Inflection of azrf
    singular plural
    free state azrf izrfan
    annexed state uzrf izrfan
    Descendants
    • → Kabyle: azref (“right”)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    azrf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵔⴼ, Arabic spelling آزرف)

    1. alternative form of aẓrf (“silver”)

    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, →DOI, →ISBN, page 563a
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