izikr

== Tashelhit == === Alternative forms === izigr === Etymology === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَزِكْرْ (aziker, “rope”), from Proto-Berber *a-zăʔḱăr (“rope”), possibly the verbal noun of Proto-Berber *z-k-r (“to draw, to drag”) (whence Tashelhit zzukr (“to draw”)). Compare Kabyle iziker (“braided rope”), Tuareg ešekăr (“rope”), Northern Saharan Berber iššer (“rope”), Nefusa zukə́r (“rope”), Awjila ažíkər (“rope”), Tetserret iʒeker (“rope”), and Zenaga iẕ̌iʔgär (“rope”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /izikr/ === Noun === izikr m (plural izakarn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵣⵉⴽⵔ, Arabic spelling ايزيكر) rope ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === References === Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1179b