agadir

== Tashelhit == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɡadir/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اچادير (agadir, “wall, fort”), from Proto-Berber *a-ǵăʔdir or *aʔ-gadir (“wall”), probably from Punic 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /⁠gādīr⁠/, “wall”). Compare Ghadames oǧadir (“supporting ledge at the base of a garden wall”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ (agadir, “wall”), Fogaha jadir (“wall”), Tarifit ajdir (“Ajdir (a toponym)”), Sokna žadir (“wall”), Siwi ǧadir (“wall, partition made from earth”), Tamasheq adaǵir (“wall”), Tamahaq ăǵadir (“wall”), Tayert ăgédir (“mud-brick fence, wall”), and Tawellemmet agădir (“mud-brick fence, wall”). ==== Noun ==== agadir m (plural igudar or igidar, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ, Arabic spelling آڭادير) fort, fortress, castle Synonym: iɣrm collective granary Synonym: iɣrm wall Synonym: aɣʷrab ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From earlier اڮادير ن ييغير (agadir n yiɣir, literally “the fort of the cape”) ==== Proper noun ==== agadir ? (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ, Arabic spelling آڭادير) Agadir (a city in Souss-Massa, Morocco) زّرين نّ يمالاسّ غ وڭادير ― zzrin nn imalass ɣ ugadir ― they spent the week in Agadir. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: أَكَادِيرْ (ʔakādīr) → French: Agadir === 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, pages 115a—116a