timzgida

== Tashelhit == === Alternative forms === tamzgida, timzgid, timzgit === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Berber. Doublet of lmsid. Kossmann (2011) considers it an early borrowing of Arabic مسجد (masjid, “mosque”), but does not explain the feminine gender or the /g/. Al-Jallad (2017) instead suggests it better matches Aramaic 𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀 (msgdʾ /⁠masgəḏā⁠/, “the mosque”), which could have been borrowed directly through closer contact between Romance speakers and Aramaic-speaking Christians, or via the Aramaic form preserved in colloquial Arabic in its foreign shape. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /timzɡida/ === Noun === timzgida f (plural timzgadiw, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ, Arabic spelling تيمزڭيدا) mosque Qur'anic school ==== 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 2698b