tamazirt

== Tashelhit == === Etymology === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَمَزِيرت (tamazirt, “country, land”), from Proto-Berber *ta-m-azir-t (“country, land”), possibly the feminine active participle of *z-r (“to protect”) (whence Zenaga yäẕ̌ār (“to protect”). Cognate with Senhaja de Srair, Central Atlas Tamazight, and Ghomara tamazirt (“land, country”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tamazirt/ === Noun === tamazirt f (plural timizar, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تامازيرت) country, nation, land, region, countryside, hometown, homeland ماني يڭان تمازيرت نّك؟ ― mani igan tmazirt nnk? ― where are you from? اوشكيغد زغ تمازيرت نّغ. ― uškiɣ d zġ tmazirt nnġ. ― I have come from my hometown. ==== 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 2463b