tagant

== Estonian == === Etymology === Exessive of taga (“behind”). === Adverb === tagant (not comparable) from the back, from behind == Tashelhit == === Etymology === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تكانت (tagant, “forest”), from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“forest”), possibly a verbal noun of Proto-Berber *ʔ-g-w (“to be empty”) (whence Tashelhit ugu (“to be empty”). Unrelated to gn (“to lie, to sleep”). Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight tagant (“forest”), Tarifit taɣent (“forest”), Ghomara tagant (“bush, douma plant”), Zenaga gänä, taʔgänt, ägunnih (“forest, large forest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taɡant/ === Noun === tagant f (plural taganin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴳⴰⵏⵜ, Arabic spelling تاڭانت) forest Synonym: lxla uninhabited place Synonym: lxla ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === References === Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2368a