awraɣ
التعريفات والمعاني
== Tarifit ==
=== Alternative forms ===
awrax (Ayt Sɛid, Ayt Tuzin, Ayt Uřic, Tafersit)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-wăraɣ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow”).
=== Noun ===
awraɣ m (plural iwraɣen, feminine equivalent tawraɣt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ)
yellow, gold
a yellow or golden object or being
=== Adjective ===
awraɣ (feminine tawraɣt, masculine plural iwraɣen, feminine plural tiwraɣin, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ)
yellow, yellowish, golden
pale
Yiwḍ-ed ak ijj uɣembub d awraɣ. ― He arrived with a pale face.
==== Related terms ====
== Tashelhit ==
=== Alternative forms ===
awrraɣ, awriɣ
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Berber *a-wăraɣ, the nominalized form of *wăraɣ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow”). Synchronically from iwriɣ (“to be yellow”).
Cognate with Proto-Semitic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow”), Egyptian jꜣqt.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /awraɣ/
=== Noun ===
awraɣ m (plural iwraɣn, feminine equivalent tawraɣt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ, Arabic spelling آوراغ)
yellow, gold
a type of fish without scales
==== Inflection ====
=== Adjective ===
awraɣ (feminine tawraɣt, masculine plural iwraɣn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ, Arabic spelling آوراغ)
yellow, golden
pale
=== 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, →DOI, →ISBN, page 506b