i

yewc-it i weɣyuř-nnes


anu

rif-noun

anu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓ, plural anuten, diminutive tanut)


ass

ass m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵙ, plural ussan)


as

Fas wer d kiwem ttis

(intransitive, construed with ak) to suit, to fit


ban

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بان (bān).


dark

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دارك (dārak).

bor+

(transitive) to possess, to obtain, to acquire


n

inu (feminine first-person masculine singular)
nneɣ (feminine first-person masculine plural)
nnec (masculine second-person singular)
nnem (feminine second-person singular)
nwem (masculine plural second-person)
nkent (feminine plural second-person)
nnes (feminine masculine singular third-person)
nsen (masculine plural third-person)
nsent (feminine plural third-person)

taddart n tmɣart

yeǧi-s n waryaz-nni

genitive marker
indicates possession: of, -'s

tiḥenjirin n Arif

indicates the relationship of a noun and their place of origin

Mimun n Ɛmar
Mimun the son of Umar.

indicates a relationship between family members: son of, daughter of

arbɛa n tfunasin


s

ixeddem s ufus

tessiweř s Tmaziɣt

expresses the means or cause: by means of, with (instrumental)

iffeɣ s ǧiret, idwer-d s wass

instrumental marker
used to express temporal expressions

udfen s sebɛa

instrumental marker
used in numeral constructions


ni

(intransitive) to get into, to board, to embark (a vehicle)

aseniy

Causative: sni (“to make board”); Verbal noun


am

netta d ameḥḍar am necc


baba

rif-noun

baba m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⴱⴰ, plural ibabaten)


ini

(transitive) to announce, to utter, to pronounce

(transitive) to call, to be called, to be named


aber

aber m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔ, plural abriwen, diminutive tabert)


jij

jij m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⵉⵊ, plural ijijen, diminutive tjitš)


adan

adan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵏ, usually uncountable)


muka

muka f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⴽⴰ, plural mukat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic موكة (mūka, “owl”), from Berber origin.


baliza

rif-noun

baliza f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵍⵉⵣⴰ, plural balizat)

Borrowed from French valise (“case, suitcase”). Compare Moroccan Arabic باليزة (bālīza)


inu

inu

ak utcma-s d tenni inu

taddart-a inu


di

aqa-t di taddart

nudef deg waman

expresses a location inside something or movement into something: in, into


iff

(intransitive) to surpass, to be better, to be worth more


iff

rif-noun

iff m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ, plural iffan)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber iff (“udder”).

iffan n tfunast.


tata

tata f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵜⴰ, plural tatiwin)


su

asessu

Causative: sessu (“to make drink; to water; to irrigate”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to absorb, to draw in, to soak up


scar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سكر (skar).

bor+

(intransitive) to get drunk, to get intoxicated


azul

Possibly from Tuareg ăhul (“to send a greeting”), coined by Mammeri Mouloud.


jar

jar ubrid d yeɣzar


ur

rif-noun

ur m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵔ, plural urawen, diminutive tutc)


char

char m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵀⴰⵔ, dual chrayn, plural chur or rchura)

chrayn (dual)
chur (plural)
rchura (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شهر (šhar).


irar

(intransitive) to defile, to take advantage of (a woman)


dum

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دام (dām).

(intransitive) to last, to subsist, to perpetuate


fud

rif-noun

fud m (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵓⴷ, plural ifadden, diminutive tfutt)


cc

asecci

Causative: secc (“to feed”); Verbal noun


missa

missa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵉⵙⵙⴰ, plural missat, feminine tmissat)


kk

asekki

Causative: sekk (“to pass along, to send”); Verbal noun


gg

(transitive) to make, to create, to beget

(transitive) to construct, to build, to form, to produce

(transitive, construed with di) to put into, to place in, to deposit

(transitive, construed with x) to put onto, to lay on

(transitive, construed with am) to act like, to resemble


afar

afar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵔ, plural afriwen, diminutive tafart or tifrešt)

afriwen (plural)
tafart (diminutive)
tifrešt (diminutive)


mandarina

Borrowed from Spanish mandarina (“mandarine”).


mun

(intransitive) to accompany, to keep company

(intransitive) to gather, to group, to assemble

asmuni

Causative: smun (“to gather, to unite”); Verbal noun


jen

(transitive) to lie down, to repose (an animal)


sidi

rif-noun

sidi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵉⴷⵉ, plural syadi)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سيدي (sīdi).


iri

rif-noun

iri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⵉ, plural irawen)


tiri

tiri f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⵉ, usually uncountable)


af

(intransitive, construed with ɣar) to heal, to recover


taksi

taksi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⵙⵉ, plural taksiyyat)


iken

iken m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴽⴻⵏ, plural ikniwen)


falta

Borrowed from Spanish falta (“fault”). Compare Moroccan Arabic فالطة (fālṭa).


ari

ari m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉ, usually uncountable)


bandu

bandu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵏⴷⵓ, plural ibunda)

Borrowed from Spanish bando, possibly in relation to Spanish bandera (“flag”).


x

From ixf (“head”) by means of grammaticalization.

yeqqim x řkursi

indicates location on top of something: on, on top of


uma

uma m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵎⴰ, plural aytma, feminine utcma)


tara

tara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴰ, plural tariwin)

Alternative spelling of tařa: spring, fountain


ens

(intransitive, transative) to spend the night, to stay overnight (in a place)

(intransitive, transative) to sleep over


uff

(intransitive) to get wet, to be wet, to be soaked

(intransitive) to inflate, to be swollen, to be bloated, to be puffy

(intransitive, construed with x) to be angry


belled

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلد (ballad).


ak

Fransa itirar ak Uliman


tanda

rif-noun

tanda f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⴷⴰ, plural tinedwin)


mell

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مل (mall).

(transitive) to detest, to be repulsed, to dislike


farfar

(intransitive) to flap the wings, to flutter


ru

(intransitive, figuratively) to secrete a liquid


bedd

itbedda ak yewdan

(construed with ak) to support, to assist

ibedd uyur


zi

yus-d zi Fas
He came from Fez.

expresses movement from a point of origin: from


hwa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هوى (hawa).

bor+

(intransitive) to go down, to come down, to descend

asehwa

Causative: sehwa (“to lower”); Verbal noun


arn

rif-noun

arn m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵏ, usually uncountable)


farn

(transitive) to peel, to prune, to clean, to remove impurities (from plants)


lamba

lamba f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵎⴱⴰ, plural lambat)


garra

garra f (Tifinagh spelling ⴳⴰⵔⵔⴰ, plural girrat)


fyi

(intransitive) to pour, to transfer (liquid)


pintura

Borrowed from Spanish pintura (“paint”).


baw

baw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵡ, plural ibawen)

From earlier abaw, from Latin faba (bean)


abrid

abrid m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ, plural ibriden, diminutive tabrit)


ames

asimes

Causative: simes (“to smear; to stain”); Verbal noun


simana

simana f (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵉⵎⴰⵏⴰ, plural ssimanat)


muc

muc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵛ, plural imucwen, feminine tmuccewt)


aydi

aydi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴷⵉ, plural iṭan, feminine taydit)


macina

macina f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵛⵉⵏⴰ, plural macinat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ماشينة (māšīna), from French machine.


zha

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber zha.


kisu

rif-noun

kisu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵉⵙⵓ, usually uncountable)


fus

fus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵓⵙ, plural ifassen, diminutive tfust)


kulur

kulur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵓⵍⵓⵔ, plural kulurat)


fekk

amfukki

Reciprocal: mfekk (“discharge oneself”); Verbal noun

anfekki

Passive: nfekk (“to be liberated”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to end a dispute, to intervene, to mediate

(transitive) to untie, to loosen, to untangle

(transitive) to explain, to solve (a riddle or a problem)


familiya

familiya pl (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵎⵉⵍⵉⵢⴰ)

Borrowed from Spanish familia (“family”)


tizi

rif-noun

tizi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵣⵉ, plural tiziwin)


netta

he (third person masculine singular pronoun)


setta

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ستة (sitta, “six”)


adar

(intransitive) to kneel down, to bend down, to lean down

(intransitive, construed with ak) to beat with


ires

rif-noun

ires m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⴻⵙ, plural irsawen)


tini

tini m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵏⵉ, plural tiniwin)


tassut

verbal noun of ssu: action of spreading out


tassut

tassut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵙⵓⵜ, plural tasutin)


arr

(transitive) to turn into, to become, to transform


ammas

ammas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, plural ammasen)


adu

adu tfřewt


backlit

backlit f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵛⴽⵍⵉⵜ, plural backlayt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بشكليطة (bašklīṭa, bšaklīṭa, bišklīṭa), from French bicyclette.


ř

A letter of the Tarifit alphabet, written in the Latin script.


abarcan

rif-adj

abarcan (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴰⵔⵛⴰⵏ, plural ibarcanen, feminine tabarcant)


payas

rif-noun

payas m (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⴰⵢⴰⵙ, plural ipayasen)


asennan

asennan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵏⵏⴰⵏ, plural isennanen, diminutive tasennant)

isennanen (plural)
tasennant (diminutive)


isem

isem m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⴻⵎ, plural ismawen)

From Proto-Berber, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (“name”). Cognate with Arabic اِسْم (ism).


awi

(intransitive, construed with di) to attack

(transitive, construed with di) to take an interest in, to rely on

(transitive, affixed with d) to earn, to gain, to obtain

(transitive, affixed with d) to buy, to purchase

(transitive, affixed with d) to resemble

(transitive, affixed with d) to seem, to appear


yma

(intransitive) to be brought up (a child)


matrikula

matrikula f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵜⵔⵉⴽⵓⵍⴰ)


mutti

asmutti

Causative: smutti (“to move; to transfer”); Verbal noun


tizit

tizit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵣⵉⵜ, usually uncountable)


afus

afus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵙ, plural ifassen)


tameṭṭut

tameṭṭut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵟⵟⵓⵜ, plural tisednan or lḥalat)


izi

izi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵣⵉ, plural izan, feminine tizit)


atay

atay m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵜⴰⵢ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic أتاي (ʔatāy).


irem

irem m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⴻⵎ, plural irmawen, feminine tirmect, diminutive tirent)

irmawen (plural)
tirmect (feminine)
tirent (diminutive)

Alternative spelling of iřem: leather, skin


icen

icen m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵛⴻⵏ, plural icniwen)


rectu

rectu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵛⵜⵓ, plural iricta, feminine tarectut)


marr

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مر (marr).

(intransitive) to hurry, to rush, to hasten


awar

awar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⴰⵔ, plural awaren)


pabu

pabu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⴰⴱⵓ, plural ipabuten, feminine tpabut)


ksi

amsiysi

Reciprocal: mseysi (“to argue, to quarrel”); Verbal noun


dawa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).


tacna

rif-noun

tacna f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵛⵏⴰ, plural tacniwin)


arni

asarni

Causative: sarni (“to make increase”); Verbal noun


dars

(transitive) to align, to arrange in order, to sequence


triku

triku m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵔⵉⴽⵓ, plural trikawat)

Borrowed from French tricot (“sweater”). Compare Moroccan Arabic تريكو (trīkku).


mya

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مية (myā, “hundred”)


nettat

she (feminine third person singular pronoun)


itri

rif-noun

itri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵜⵔⵉ, plural itran)

Cognate with Kabyle itri and Tuareg atăr.


adrar

adrar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ, plural idurar)

From Proto-Berber *a-tar (“mountain”). Compare Arabic طور (ṭūr, “mountain”) and Oromo tulluu (“mountain”). Doublet of addar.


hemm

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هَمَّ (hamm).

bor+

(transitive) to concern, to affect, to preoccupy


adfer

rif-noun

adfer m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴼⴻⵔ, usually uncountable)


urar

urar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵔⴰⵔ, plural urarn)

fantasia (traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb)


addar

addar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔ, plural addriwen or addaren)

Addar comes from the proto-libyan term Atar / Atal which in origin means (single/lone) mountain. see the arabic word Al-Tur for comparison which also stems of from the proto-libyan term.


nitenti

they (feminine third person plural pronoun)


ades

asides

Causative: sides (“to bring close”); Verbal noun


mmi

mmi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵎⵉ, plural taṛwa)


tutlayt

tutlayt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⵜⵍⴰⵢⵜ, plural tutlayin)

Borrowed from Tachawit tutlayt (language).


adlis

rif-noun

adlis m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵍⵉⵙ, plural idlisen)

Borrowed from Northern Saharan Berber aḍlis (“lip”). Compare Ghadames aḍalis (“lip”).


tamdint

rif-noun

tamdint f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ, plural timdinin or tineddam)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مدينة (mdīna), from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna).


ndi

(intransitive) to be active, to be lively


assam

rif-noun

assam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵙⴰⵎ, usually uncountable)


yis

yis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⵉⵙ, plural iysan or itšsan)


Arif

Possibly from Moroccan Arabic ريف (“countryside, rural area”).


fary

(transitive) to fence, to barricade, enclose


fitu

rif-noun

fitu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵉⵜⵓ, plural ifitwan)


tsa

tsa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵙⴰ, plural tisawin)


aftir

aftir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵜⵉⵔ, plural iftiren, feminine taftitc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فتيل (fatīl).


frigu

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فريكو (“freezer”), from French frigo (“refrigerator”).


qabu

rif-noun

qabu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⴰⴱⵓ, plural iquba, feminine tqabut)


udum

(intransitive) to drip, to flow, to exude, to ooze

asudum

Causative: sudum (“to drain”); Verbal noun


anud

anud m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵓⴷ, plural inuden, feminine tanuṭ)


dhen

(transitive) to butter, to oil, to lubricate


qas

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قاس (qās).


curdu

curdu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵓⵔⴷⵓ, plural icurdan)


ddu

ddu is a shortened form of chiddu (that), most often used as an adjective before a noun- ddu libru (that book) Also dda (chidda - not to be confused with ddà meaning “there” - dda fimmina (that woman) and ddi (chiddi) plural both masculine and feminine - ddi picciriddi (those children), ddi casi (those houses) and before vowels - dd’autru (that other one), dd’autri (those other ones).
note: Italian uses shortened forms sto, sta, sti, ste for questo, questa, queste, questi (this, these) although considered informal, as does Neapolitan and most other Italic languages and dialects, but only Sicilian and its dialects can do this with chiddu etc due to the “ddu” ending which in Italian and other languages and dialects would render it “lla, llo, lli etc, too close to the definite articles.


faq

asfaqi

Causative: sfaq (“to wake someone up”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to recover, to regain consciousness


icc

icc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵛⵛ, plural accawen, diminutive taccawt)

From Proto-Berber *isəḱ.
Cognate with Tashelhit isk.

accawen n tfunast


barrem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic برم (barram).


Spanya

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


karru

rif-noun

karru m (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⴰⵔⵔⵓ, plural ikarruten, feminine karruṣa)


aɣṛum

aɣṛum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵕⵓⵎ, usually uncountable)


aṛṛuẓ

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišder.
Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza)bor.
Arabic رُزّ (ruzz)
Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz)
Moroccan Arabic روزbor.
Tarifit aṛṛuẓ
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic روز (rūz).


aryaz

rif-noun

aryaz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵢⴰⵣ, plural iryazen, feminine taryazt)

Compare Tashelhit argaz and Kabyle argaz.


azellif

azellif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵍⵍⵉⴼ, plural izellifen or izellaf)


aqehwi

rif-adj

aqehwi (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⵀⵡⵉ, plural iqehwiyen, feminine taqehwit)

iqehwiyen (plural)
taqehwit (feminine)
aqehwi (masculine singular)
iqehwiyen (masculine plural)
taqehwit (feminine singular)
tiqehwiyyin (feminine plural)


acemřař

acemřař (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴻⵎⵔⴰⵔ, plural icemřařen, feminine tacemřařt or tacemřatc)

icemřařen (plural)
tacemřařt (feminine)
tacemřatc (feminine)
acemřař (masculine singular)
icemřařen (masculine plural)
tacemřařt (feminine singular)
ticemřařin (feminine plural)


azegzaw

azegzaw (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⴳⵣⴰⵡ, plural izegzawen, feminine tazegzawt)

izegzawen (plural)
tazegzawt (feminine)
azegzaw (masculine singular)
izegzawen (masculine plural)
tazegzawt (feminine singular)
tizegzawin (feminine plural)

aman izegzawen


awraɣ

awraɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ, plural iwraɣen, feminine tawraɣt)

iwraɣen (plural)
tawraɣt (feminine)
awraɣ (masculine singular)
iwraɣen (masculine plural)
tawraɣt (feminine singular)
tiwraɣin (feminine plural)

From warɣ, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *wVraq- (“green ~ yellow”).

inh

ak ijjen uɣembub d awraɣ


ajellid

rif-noun

ajellid m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⴻⵍⵍⵉⴷ, plural ijelliden)


aberkan

rif-adj

aberkan (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ, plural iberkanen, feminine taberkant)

iberkanen (plural)
taberkant (feminine)
aberkan (masculine singular)
iberkanen (masculine plural)
taberkant (feminine singular)
tiberkanin (feminine plural)

a- + berken (“to be black, to blacken”).


taddart

rif-noun

taddart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ, plural tudrin)

From ddar (“to live”). From Proto-Berber *ta-ddar-t. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ (taddart), Kabyle taddart and Tachawit taddarṭ.


tamɣart

rif-noun

tamɣart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵜ, plural timɣarin)


macca

macca m (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵛⵛⴰ, usually uncountable, diminutive timecci or timecca)

timecci (diminutive)
timecca (diminutive)


yur

yur m (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⵓⵔ, plural iyarn or yurn)

Ad ibedd yur

Ad ibedd yur


degdeg

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دق (daqqa).

azdiydiy

zdeydey (“to pound, to trample on”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to crush, to bruise, to break a thing

(transitive) to be tired, to be exhausted

asdegdeg

Causative: sdegdeg (“to make tired”); Verbal noun


musiqa

rif-noun

musiqa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵙⵉⵇⴰ, plural musiqat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic موسيقى (mūsīqa).


qama

rif-noun

qama f (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⴰⵎⴰ, plural qamat)


jida

jida f (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⵉⴷⴰ, plural rejdud, masculine jedd)


bda

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بدا (bdā).


ajeǧid

ajeǧid m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⴻⴵⵉⴷ, plural ijeǧiden)

idwer ujeǧid, iwdan farḥen.

The king returned, the people are happy.


tarifect

tarifect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⴻⵛⵜ, plural tirifiyin)


azewwaɣ

rif-adj

azewwaɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵡⵡⴰⵖ, plural izewwaɣen, feminine tazewwaɣt)


azeǧif

rif-noun

azeǧif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⴵⵉⴼ, plural izeǧifen or izeǧaf, diminutive tazeǧift)

izeǧifen (plural)
izeǧaf (plural)
tazeǧift (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زليف (zallīf, “roasted animal's head”), from Turkish zülüf.


tiṭ

rif-noun

tiṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵟ, plural tiṭṭawin)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight tiṭ (“eye”).


axxam

axxam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⵅⴰⵎ, plural ixxamen)


tamaziɣt

tamaziɣt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, plural timazighin)


tinzar

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight tinzar (“nose”), Kabyle tinzert (“nose”), and Northern Saharan Berber tinzert (“nose”).


aqemmum

rif-noun

aqemmum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⵎⵎⵓⵎ, plural iqemmumen)


amummu

amummu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵓⵎⵎⵓ, plural imummuten)


ɣiř

ɣiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵖⵉⵔ, plural iɣaǧen or iɣiřen, feminine taɣřitct)

iɣaǧen (plural)
iɣiřen (plural)
taɣřitct (feminine)


tiɣmest

tiɣmest f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵖⵎⴻⵙⵜ, plural tiɣmas or tiɣmmuzin, diminutive taɣmmuzt)

tiɣmas (plural)
tiɣmmuzin (plural)
taɣmmuzt (diminutive)


udem

udem m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴷⴻⵎ, plural udmawen)


acewwaf

acewwaf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴻⵡⵡⴰⴼ, plural icewwafen)


ayencic

ayencic m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴻⵏⵛⵉⵛ, plural iyencicen)


arric

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ريش (rīš), from Arabic رِيش (rīš).


taqesmart

taqesmart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⴻⵙⵎⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiqesmarin)


axencuc

axencuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⴻⵏⵛⵓⵛ, plural ixencyac)


ameggiz

ameggiz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⴳⴳⵉⵣ, plural ameggizen)


timmi

timmi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⵎⵉ, plural tammiwin)


anyar

anyar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵢⴰⵔ, plural inyar, feminine tanyart)

Compare Kabyle anyir (“forehead”) and Central Atlas Tamazight tanirt (“forehead”).


takna

rif-noun

takna m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⵏⴰ, plural takniwin)


tmijja

tmijja f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵎⵉⵊⵊⴰ, plural timijjawin)


aqesmir

aqesmir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⵙⵎⵉⵔ, plural iqesmiren)


ifef

ifef m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴻⴼ, plural iffan)


abbic

abbic m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴱⵉⵛ, plural ibbicen, diminutive tabbict)


tabbict

tabbict f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⴱⵉⵛⵜ, plural tibbicin)

Compare Kabyle iɣef n tebbuct (“nipple”, literally “head of the breast”).


accar

rif-noun

accar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⵛⴰⵔ, plural accaren)


ḍaḍ

ḍaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴹⴰⴹ, construct state uḍaḍ, plural iḍuḍan, diminutive ḍḍat)

uḍaḍ (construct)
iḍuḍan (plural)
ḍḍat (diminutive)


tisi n ufus

tisi n ufus m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵙⵉ ⵏ ⵓⴼⵓⵙ, plural tisiwin n ufus)

tisi (“bed”) + n (“of”) + ufus (“hand”), literally “bed of the hand”.


taɣmart

rif-noun

taɣmart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⵎⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiɣemriwin or tiɣemmar)


ikmez

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ikmez, possibly related to mez (“to scratch”).


butxutam

From bu + Moroccan Arabic خاتومة (ḵātūma, “ring”).


ccahed

rif-noun

ccahed m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵛⴰⵀⴻⴷ, plural ccwahed)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شاهد (šāhid), from Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid). Compare Kabyle ššahed.


aberḍaḍ

rif-noun

aberḍaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔⴹⴰⴹ, plural aberḍaḍen)


tireṭṭaḍt

tireṭṭaḍt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⴻⵟⵟⴰⴹⵜ)


kurbata

kurbata m (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵓⵔⴱⴰⵜⴰ, plural kurbatat)

Borrowed from Spanish corbata (“necktie”).


jj

(transitive) to save, to keep (something for someone)

(transitive) to create, to birth, to beget


tamurt

rif-noun

tamurt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ, plural timura)


sadu

sadu nnes


abyas

abyas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵢⴰⵙ, plural ibuyas, diminutive tabyast)


marrec

(transitive) to gnaw, to nibble (on a bone)


xwa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خوا, from Arabic خوى.

asexwi

Causative: sexwa (“to dispel, to evict”); Verbal noun


isri

isri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⵔⵉ, plural isriyen)


uccen

uccen m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵛⵛⴻⵏ, plural uccanen, feminine tuccent)


amyag

amyag m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵢⴰⴳ, plural imyagen)


pirmi

pirmi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⵉⵔⵎⵉ, plural pirmiyat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بيرمي (pīrmi), from French permis (“license”).


uatu

rif-noun

uatu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴰⵜⵓ, plural uatuten)


lisans

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ليسانس (līsāns), from French essence.


udad

rif-noun

udad m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴷⴰⴷ, plural udaden)

Cognate with Kabyle udad and Tashelhit udad.

Ammotragus lervia
Ammotragus lervia#Translingual


smem

(intransitive) to be fermented, to be leavened (bread)


mlel

(transitive, Eastern Tarifit) to be white


tabrat

tabrat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⵔⴰⵜ, plural tibratin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic برا (brā), from Arabic بَرَاءَة (barāʔa).


atmun

atmun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵜⵎⵓⵏ, plural ituma)


aksum

aksum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⵙⵓⵎ, plural ikesman)


lalla

lalla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵍⵍⴰ, usually uncountable)

Compare Moroccan Arabic لالة (lady, “lālla”).


semma

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سمى (samma).

bor+

(transitive) to name, to designate, to call


ameqqran

rif-adj

ameqqran (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵇⵇⵔⴰⵏ, plural imeqqranen, feminine tameqqrant)

imeqqranen (plural)
tameqqrant (feminine)
ameqqran (masculine singular)
imeqqranen (masculine plural)
tameqqrant (feminine singular)
timeqqranin (feminine plural)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⵇⵇⵔⴰⵏ (amqqran) and Kabyle ameqqran.

cog

iserman imeqqranen


ameqqran

rif-noun

ameqqran m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵇⵇⵔⴰⵏ, plural imeqqranen, feminine tameqqrant)

imeqqranen (plural)
tameqqrant (feminine)

taṛwa n umeqqran


ssu

(transitive) to spread out (a sheet, carpet etc.)


barc

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic برك (barrak).

bor+

to crouch, to squat, to kneel (an animal)

asebratc

Causative: sbratc (“to make kneel”); Verbal noun

ibarc ɣar tmurt.


tafunast

rif-noun

tafunast f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵏⴰⵙⵜ, plural tifunasin, masculine afunas)


ttu

twattut

Passive: twattu (“to be forgotten”); Verbal noun


xemsa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خمسة (ḵamsa, “five”)


tesɛa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تسعة (tisʕa, “nine”)


sebɛa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سبعة (sabʕa, “seven”)


ijem

rif-noun

ijem m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵊⴻⵎ, plural ijiman or ajiman, feminine tajimat)

ijiman (plural)
ajiman (plural)
tajimat (feminine)


aneggaru

rif-adj

aneggaru (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴻⴳⴳⴰⵔⵓ, plural ineggura, feminine taneggarut)

ineggura (plural)
taneggarut (feminine)
aneggaru (masculine singular)
ineggura (masculine plural)
taneggarut (feminine singular)
tineggura (feminine plural)

iwessura ineggura


amezwaru

amezwaru (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵣⵡⴰⵔⵓ, plural imezwura, feminine tamzwarut)

imezwura (plural)
tamzwarut (feminine)
amezwaru (masculine singular)
imezwura (masculine plural)
tamzwarut (feminine singular)
timezwura (feminine plural)

awar amezwaru


amezwaru

rif-noun

amezwaru m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵣⵡⴰⵔⵓ, plural imezwura, feminine tamzwarut)

deg umezwaru


ndu

asendu

Causative: sendu (“to make jump; to burst”); Verbal noun


necc

From Proto-Berber *ənăkkʷ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognate with Kabyle nekk, Egyptian jnk, and Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.


jedd

jedd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴻⴷⴷ, plural rejdud, feminine jida)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جد (jadd, “grandfather”)

bor+

jeddi

jedds


ɣar

iruḥ ɣar yeɣzar

expresses direction towards a certain point: to, towards, in the direction of


burxes

rif-noun

burxes m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵔⵅⴻⵙ, plural iburxsen)


aḏrā

aḏrā m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴸⵔⴰⴰ, plural iḏurā)


amaziɣ

amaziɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, plural imaziɣen, feminine tamaziɣt)


ameẓẓuɣ

ameẓẓuɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵥⵥⵓⵖ, plural imeẓẓuɣen)


aqiyyuɛ

aqiyyuɛ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⵉⵢⵢⵓⵄ, plural iqiyyuɛen)

Compare Tashelhit agayyu (“head”) and Kabyle aqerruy (“head”).


aɣesmir

aɣesmir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵙⵎⵉⵔ, plural iɣesmiren)


ayenfif

ayenfif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴻⵏⴼⵉⴼ, plural iyenfifen)


ayenfir

ayenfir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴻⵏⴼⵉⵔ, plural iyenfiren)

Compare Kabyle ašenfir (“lip”), possibly related to Arabic شَفَة (šafa, “lip”).


acuwwaf

acuwwaf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⵓⵡⵡⴰⴼ, plural icuwwafen)


iccar

iccar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵛⵛⴰⵔ, plural iccaren, feminine taccart)


tamart

tamart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵔⵜ, plural timira)


admar

admar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵎⴰⵔ, plural idmaren or idmrawen, diminutive tadmart)

idmaren (plural)
idmrawen (plural)
tadmart (diminutive)

(by extension, metonymically) slope (of a mountain)


taklilt

taklilt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⵍⵉⵍⵜ, plural tiklilin)


aɣemmar

aɣemmar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵎⵎⴰⵔ, plural iɣemmar, diminutive taɣmart)


arifi

rif-adjective

arifi (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉ, plural irifiyen, feminine tarifit or tarifect)

irifiyen (plural)
tarifit (feminine)
tarifect (feminine)
arifi (masculine singular)
irifiyen (masculine plural)
tarifit (feminine singular)
tirifiyin (feminine plural)

adlis d arifi


arifi

rif-noun

arifi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉ, plural irifiyen, feminine tarifit or tarifect)

irifiyen (plural)
tarifit (feminine)
tarifect (feminine)

netta d arifi


ujar

(intransitive) to surpass, to exceed (in age, size, length)


ⴰⵔⵉⴼ

Tifinagh spelling of Arif (“the Rif mountains”)


fedda

(intransitive, construed with ak) to come to an agreement, to conclude

(intransitive, construed with zi) to give up, to abandon


asri

asri m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵔⵉ, plural isriyen)


afrux

afrux m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵔⵓⵅ, plural ifarxan, feminine tafruxt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فرخ (farḵ, “young of an animal or fowl”).


tafsut

rif-noun

tafsut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵙⵓⵜ, plural tifeswin or tifsa)


yemma

yemma f (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⴻⵎⵎⴰ, plural tiyemmatin)


izm

izm m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵣⵎ, plural izmawen, feminine tizent)


fafa

(intransitive) to lose one's means, self-control

asfafi

Causative: sfafa (“to disturb”); Verbal noun


ẓar

ameẓri

Reciprocal: mẓar (“to see each other”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, construed with x) to attain, to achieve


andrar

andrar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴷⵔⴰⵔ, plural inurar)

Alternative spelling of anedrar: threshing floor


afā

afā m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⴰ, plural afriwen)

Central Tarifit form of afar: wing, leaf


tabbuct

tabbuct f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⴱⵓⵛⵜ, plural tibbicin)


bibbic

bibbic m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵉⴱⴱⵉⵛ, plural ibibicen, diminutive tbibbict)


abbuc

abbuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴱⵓⵛ, plural abbucen or ibbac, diminutive tabbuct)

abbucen (plural)
ibbac (plural)
tabbuct (diminutive)


abeccic

abeccic m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵛⵛⵉⵛ, plural ibeccicen, diminutive tabeccict)

ibeccicen (plural)
tabeccict (diminutive)


abeccun

abeccun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵛⵛⵓⵏ, plural ibecwan, diminutive tabeccunt)


abārcan

rif-adj

abārcan (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴰⴰⵔⵛⴰⵏ, plural ibārcanen, feminine tabārcant)

ibārcanen (plural)
tabārcant (feminine)
abārcan (masculine singular)
ibārcanen (masculine plural)
tabārcant (feminine singular)
tibārcanin (feminine plural)


aḍaḍ

rif-noun

aḍaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⴰⴹ, construct state uḍaḍ, plural iḍuḍan, diminutive ḍḍat)


tammuāt

tammuāt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵎⵓⴰⴰⵜ, plural timura)


ddunya

From Moroccan Arabic دنيا (dunya), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).


ijdi

ijdi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵊⴷⵉ, plural ijdan, diminutive tijdect)


tabrit

tabrit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⵔⵉⵜ, plural tibritin)


addā

addā m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴷⴰⴰ, plural addriwen or addān)

Central & Western Tarifit form of addar: cliff


aḏmā

aḏmā m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴸⵎⴰⴰ, construct state uḏmā, plural aḏmān, diminutive taḏmāt)

uḏmā (construct)
aḏmān (plural)
taḏmāt (diminutive)


ifri

ifri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⵔⵉ, plural ifran)


areymam

areymam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴻⵢⵎⴰⵎ, plural ireymamen, diminutive tayermant)

ireymamen (plural)
tayermant (diminutive)


abeɛɛuc

abeɛɛuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵄⵄⵓⵛ, plural ibeɛɛac, feminine tabeɛɛuct)

→ Dutch: ibahesj


aḍu

aḍu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⵓ, plural iḥiḍwen)


řɣabet

řɣabet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵖⴰⴱⴻⵜ, plural řɣwabi)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غابة (ḡāba), from Arabic غَابَة (ḡāba).


ageřmam

rif-noun

ageřmam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⴻⵔⵎⴰⵎ, plural igeřmamen, diminutive tageřmant)

igeřmamen (plural)
tageřmant (diminutive)


anẓar

anẓar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵥⴰⵔ, plural inuẓar)


ajjaj

ajjaj m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵊⴰⵊ, plural ijjajen)


tayyut

tayyut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵢⵓⵜ, usually uncountable)


tisit

tisit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵜ, plural tisitin)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber tisit (“mirror”).


iḍes

rif-noun

iḍes m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴹⴻⵙ, usually uncountable)


amenɣi

amenɣi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵏⵖⵉ, plural imenɣan or imenɣiyyen)


izri

izri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵣⵔⵉ, plural izran)


timessi

timessi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⴻⵙⵙⵉ, usually uncountable)


asegnu

asegnu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⴳⵏⵓ, plural isegnuten, diminutive tasegnut)

isegnuten (plural)
tasegnut (diminutive)


ajenna

ajenna m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ, plural ijenwan)


tājit

tājit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴰⵊⵉⵜ, plural tirja)


tfuyt

tfuyt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴼⵓⵢⵜ, plural tifuyin)


tarjit

tarjit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵊⵉⵜ, plural tirja)


tarjit

tarjit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵊⵉⵜ, plural tirjin)


tfuct

tfuct f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴼⵓⵛⵜ, plural tifuyin)


tfawt

tfawt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴼⴰⵡⵜ, plural tifawin)


akniw

akniw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⵏⵉⵡ, plural ikniwen)


ajris

ajris m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵔⵉⵙ, usually uncountable)


acniw

acniw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⵏⵉⵡ, plural acniwen)


aẓru

aẓru m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⵔⵓ, plural iẓra, diminutive taẓrut)


yuā

yuā m (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⵓⴰⴰ, plural yuān)


ayur

ayur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵓⵔ, plural ayuren)


tiɣzert

tiɣzert f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵖⵣⴻⵔⵜ, plural tiɣezratin)


iɣzar

iɣzar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⵣⴰⵔ, plural iɣezran, diminutive tiɣzert)

Cognate with Tachawit iɣzar (“valley, wadi”).


tiyni

tiyni f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵢⵏⵉ, plural tiniwin)

Cognate with Tashelhit ⵜⵉⵢⵏⵉ (tiyni), from Proto-Berber *te-βăyne, from Egyptian bnr.


tasrit n wenẓar

tasrit n wenẓar f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵔⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵡⴻⵏⵥⴰⵔ)


ssejart

ssejart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⵊⴰⵔⵜ, plural resjur)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شجرة (šajra), from Arabic شَجَرَة (šajara).


tasřit

rif-noun

tasřit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵔⵉⵜ, plural tisřatin, masculine asři)


asecřu

asecřu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵛⵔⵓ, plural isecřa)


taǧest

taǧest f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴵⴻⵙⵜ, usually uncountable)


damuāt

damuāt f (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵎⵓⴰⴰⵜ, plural dimuā)


taddukřa

taddukřa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⴷⵓⴽⵔⴰ, usually uncountable)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⴷⴷⵓⴽⴽⵍⴰ (tiddukkla).


tamedukkert

rif-noun

tamedukkert f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴷⵓⴽⴽⴻⵔⵜ, plural timedukkar)


amedukkeř

amedukkeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⴷⵓⴽⴽⴻⵔ, plural imedukkař, feminine tamedukkeřt or tamedukketc)

imedukkař (plural)
tamedukkeřt (feminine)
tamedukketc (feminine)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴷⴷⴰⴽⴽⵯⵍ (amddakkʷl).


aseklu

rif-noun

aseklu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⴽⵍⵓ, plural isekla)


abeḥri

abeḥri m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵃⵔⵉ, plural ibeḥriyyen)

From Moroccan Arabic بحري (baḥri), from Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy).


řebḥar

řebḥar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⴱⵃⴰⵔ, plural řebḥur)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بحر (bḥar), from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).


tajrest

rif-noun

tajrest f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵊⵔⴻⵙⵜ, plural tijersin)


asfer

asfer m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴼⴻⵔ, plural isfaren)


iɣɣed

iɣɣed m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⵖⴻⴷ, plural iɣden)


aysum

aysum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵙⵓⵎ, plural iyesman)


tarifit

tarifit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ, plural tirifiyin, masculine arifi)


tarifit

nettat d tarifit


acarcar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شرشار (šaršār, “waterfall”).


tafřewt

rif-noun

tafřewt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵔⴻⵡⵜ, plural tifeřwin)


ṭṭřam

ṭṭřam m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⵔⴰⵎ, plural ṭṭřamat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ضلام (ḍlām, “darkness”), from Arabic ظَلَام (ẓalām, “darkness”).


nnda

rif-noun

nnda m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⴷⴰ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ندى (ndā, “dew”), from Arabic نَدًى (nadan, “dew”).


ddexxan

rif-noun

ddexxan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵅⵅⴰⵏ, plural ddxaxen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دخان (duḵḵān), from Arabic دُخَان (duḵān).


asemmiḍ

rif-adj

asemmiḍ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵎⵎⵉⴹ, plural isemmaḍen, feminine tasemmaṭ)

isemmaḍen (plural)
tasemmaṭ (feminine)
asemmiḍ (masculine singular)
isemmaḍen (masculine plural)
tasemmaṭ (feminine singular)
tisemmaḍin (feminine plural)

aman isemmaḍen


asemmiḍ

rif-noun

asemmiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵎⵎⵉⴹ, usually uncountable)

iwt-it usemmiḍ


yeǧi

yeǧi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⴻⴵⵉ, plural yessi)


muḥař

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محال (muḥāl), from Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl).


utcma

rif-noun

utcma f (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵜⵛⵎⴰ, plural istma or suytma, masculine uma)

istma (plural)
suytma (plural)
uma (masculine)


awessar

awessar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⴻⵙⵙⴰⵔ, plural iwessura, feminine tawessart)


tawessart

tawessart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⴻⵙⵙⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiwessura, masculine awessar)


taṛwa

taṛwa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵕⵡⴰ, usually uncountable, masculine aṛṛaw)

descendants, offspring (of a person or animal)


ameẓẓyan

rif-adj

ameẓẓyan (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵥⵥⵢⴰⵏ, plural imeẓẓyanen, feminine tameẓẓyant)

imeẓẓyanen (plural)
tameẓẓyant (feminine)
ameẓẓyan (masculine singular)
imeẓẓyanen (masculine plural)
tameẓẓyant (feminine singular)
timeẓẓyanin (feminine plural)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⵥⵥⵢⴰⵏ (amẓẓyan). .

cog

aḥenjir d ameẓẓyan


ayyaw

rif-noun

ayyaw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵢⴰⵡ, plural ayyawen, feminine tayyawt)


řḥař

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حال (ḥāl), from Arabic حَال (ḥāl).


ameɛnan

rif-adj

ameɛnan (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵄⵏⴰⵏ, plural imeɛnanen, feminine tameɛnant)

imeɛnanen (plural)
tameɛnant (feminine)
ameɛnan (masculine singular)
imeɛnanen (masculine plural)
tameɛnant (feminine singular)
timeɛnanin (feminine plural)


aquḍaḍ

aquḍaḍ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⵓⴹⴰⴹ, plural iquḍaḍen, feminine taquḍaṭ)

iquḍaḍen (plural)
taquḍaṭ (feminine)
aquḍaḍ (masculine singular)
iquḍaḍen (masculine plural)
taquḍaṭ (feminine singular)
tiquḍaḍin (feminine plural)


arramet

rif-noun

arramet f (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⴰⵎⴻⵜ, plural arramat)


tasraft

tasraft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴰⴼⵜ, plural tisarfin)


kuffu

kuffu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵓⴼⴼⵓ, plural ikuffan)


asiynu

asiynu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵉⵢⵏⵓ, plural isiynuten)


tirjet

tirjet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⵊⴻⵜ, plural tirjin)


asegmi

asegmi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⴳⵎⵉ, plural isegman)


taniybut

taniybut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⵉⵢⴱⵓⵜ, plural tiniyba, masculine aniybu)


asiymi

asiymi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵉⵢⵎⵉ, plural isiyman, feminine tisiymit)


aniybu

aniybu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵉⵢⴱⵓ, plural iniyba, feminine taniybut)


aseynu

aseynu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵢⵏⵓ, plural isynuten)


amɣar

amɣar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔ, plural imɣaren, feminine tamɣart)


taḍeggʷart

taḍeggʷart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴹⴻⴳⴳⵯⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiḍewrin, masculine aḍeggʷar)


taḍeggʷatc

taḍeggʷatc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴹⴻⴳⴳⵯⴰⵜⵛ, plural tidewrin)


aḍeggʷař

aḍeggʷař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⴻⴳⴳⵯⴰⵔ, plural iḍewřan or iḍeggʷařen, feminine taḍeggʷařt)

iḍewřan (plural)
iḍeggʷařen (plural)
taḍeggʷařt (feminine)


tařwest

tařwest f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵡⴻⵙⵜ, plural tiřwesin, masculine ařwes)


ařwes

ařwes m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵡⴻⵙ, plural iřusan, feminine tařwest)


tanuṭ

tanuṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⵓⵟ, plural tinuḍin, masculine anud)


ayujiř

ayujiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵓⵊⵉⵔ, plural iyujiřen, feminine tayujiřt)


abaden

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic أبدا (ʔabadan), from Arabic أَبَدًا (ʔabadan)


aṣebḥan

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صبح (“to be beautiful”).


bbẓeɣ

first-person singular aorist/perfective of bbeẓ


nebbeẓ

first-person plural aorist/perfective of bbeẓ


tebbẓet

second-person masculine/feminine singular aorist/perfective of bbeẓ


ṯebbẓeṯ

second-person masculine/feminine singular perfective of bbeẓ


tebbẓeṯ

second-person masculine/feminine singular aorist of bbeẓ


abaḍaḍ

rif-noun

abaḍaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴰⴹⴰⴹ, plural ibaḍaḍn)


bbeẓ

bbẓeɣ (aorist first-person masculine singular)
tebbẓet (aorist masculine second-person singular)
tebbẓeṯ (aorist masculine second-person singular)
ibbeẓ (aorist masculine singular third-person)
nebbeẓ (aorist first-person masculine plural)
tebbẓem (aorist masculine plural second-person)
bbẓen (aorist masculine plural third-person)
bbẓeɣ (aorist feminine first-person singular)
tebbẓet (aorist feminine second-person singular)
tebbẓeṯ (aorist feminine second-person singular)
tebbeẓ (aorist feminine singular third-person)
nebbeẓ (aorist feminine first-person plural)
tebbẓemt (aorist feminine plural second-person)
bbẓent (aorist feminine plural third-person)
bbẓeɣ (first-person masculine perfective singular)
tebbẓet (masculine perfective second-person singular)
ṯebbẓeṯ (masculine perfective second-person singular)
ibbeẓ (masculine perfective singular third-person)
nebbeẓ (first-person masculine perfective plural)
tebbẓem (masculine perfective plural second-person)
bbẓen (masculine perfective plural third-person)
bbẓeɣ (feminine first-person perfective singular)
tebbẓet (feminine perfective second-person singular)
ṯebbẓeṯ (feminine perfective second-person singular)
tebbeẓ (feminine perfective singular third-person)
nebbeẓ (feminine first-person perfective plural)
tebbẓemt (feminine perfective plural second-person)
bbẓent (feminine perfective plural third-person)
ur bbiẓeɣ (first-person masculine singular)
ur tebbiẓet (masculine second-person singular)
ur ṯebbiẓeṯ (masculine second-person singular)
ur ibbiẓ (masculine singular third-person)
ur nebbiẓ (first-person masculine plural)
ur tebbiẓem (masculine plural second-person)
ur bbiẓen (masculine plural third-person)
ur bbiẓeɣ (feminine first-person singular)
ur tebbiẓet (feminine second-person singular)
ur ṯebbiẓeṯ (feminine second-person singular)
ur tebbiẓ (feminine singular third-person)
ur nebbiẓ (feminine first-person plural)
ur tebbiẓemt (feminine plural second-person)
ur bbiẓent (feminine plural third-person)
tebbẓeɣ (first-person imperfective masculine singular)
ttebbẓet (imperfective masculine second-person singular)
ttebbẓeṯ (imperfective masculine second-person singular)
itebbeẓ (imperfective masculine singular third-person)
ntebbeẓ (first-person imperfective masculine plural)
ttebbẓem (imperfective masculine plural second-person)
tebbẓen (imperfective masculine plural third-person)
tebbẓeɣ (feminine first-person imperfective singular)
ttebbẓet (feminine imperfective second-person singular)
ttebbẓeṯ (feminine imperfective second-person singular)
ttebbeẓ (feminine imperfective singular third-person)
ntebbeẓ (feminine first-person imperfective plural)
ttebbẓemt (feminine imperfective plural second-person)
tebbẓent (feminine imperfective plural third-person)
ur tebbẓeɣ (first-person masculine singular)
ur ttebbẓet (masculine second-person singular)
ur ttebbẓeṯ (masculine second-person singular)
ur itebbeẓ (masculine singular third-person)
ur ntebbeẓ (first-person masculine plural)
ur ttebbẓem (masculine plural second-person)
ur tebbẓen (masculine plural third-person)
ur tebbẓeɣ (feminine first-person singular)
ur ttebbẓet (feminine second-person singular)
ur ttebbẓeṯ (feminine second-person singular)
ur ttebbeẓ (feminine singular third-person)
ur ntebbeẓ (feminine first-person plural)
ur ttebbẓemt (feminine plural second-person)
ur tebbẓent (feminine plural third-person)
bbeẓ (imperative masculine second-person singular)
bbẓem (imperative masculine plural second-person)
bbẓet (imperative masculine plural second-person)
bbẓeṯ (imperative masculine plural second-person)
bbeẓ (feminine imperative second-person singular)
bbẓemt (feminine imperative plural second-person)
ttebbeẓ (masculine second-person singular)
ttebbẓem (masculine plural second-person)
ttebbẓeṯ (masculine plural second-person)
ttebbeẓ (feminine second-person singular)
ttebbẓemt (feminine plural second-person)

amrubbeẓ

Reciprocal: mrubbeẓ (“to crowd”); Verbal noun


ḏamaẓẓaɣṯ

ḏamaẓẓaɣṯ f (Tifinagh spelling ⴸⴰⵎⴰⵥⵥⴰⵖⵝ, plural ḏimaẓẓaɣin)


tixsi

tixsi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵅⵙⵉ, plural tixeswin)


awtem

awtem m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵜⴻⵎ, plural iwtman, feminine tawtent)


tawtent

tawtent f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⵜⴻⵏⵜ, plural tiwtmin, masculine awtem)


afunas

afunas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵏⴰⵙ, plural ifunasen, feminine tafunast)


ařinti

ařinti m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉⵏⵜⵉ, plural iřintan)


ayenduz

ayenduz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴻⵏⴷⵓⵣ, plural iyenduzen, feminine tayenduzt)


icarri

icarri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵛⴰⵔⵔⵉ, plural acrarn)


izmar

izmar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵣⵎⴰⵔ, plural izmaren, feminine tizmart)


ixf useggʷas

ixf useggʷas m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⴼ ⵓⵙⴻⴳⴳⵯⴰⵙ, plural ixfawn iseggʷasn)


ixf

ixf m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⴼ, plural ixfawn)

ixf ins


fus useggʷas

fus useggʷas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵓⵙ ⵓⵙⴻⴳⴳⵯⴰⵙ, plural ifassen iseggʷasn)


afusi

rif-adj

afusi (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵙⵉ, plural ifusiyen, feminine tafusect)

ifusiyen (plural)
tafusect (feminine)
afusi (masculine singular)
ifusiyen (masculine plural)
tafusect (feminine singular)
tifusiyyin (feminine plural)

timmi tafusect


azermaḍ

rif-noun

azermaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵔⵎⴰⴹ, plural izermaḍn)


azerḥaḍ

azerḥaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵔⵃⴰⴹ, plural izerḥaḍn)


aẓeṛṛiḍ

aẓeṛṛiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⴻⵕⵕⵉⴹ, plural iẓeṛṛiḍn)


aẓariḍ

aẓariḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⴰⵔⵉⴹ, plural iẓaṛiḍn)


řweḥc

řweḥc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵡⴻⵃⵛ, plural řuḥuc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic وحش (waḥš).


řbinu

rif-noun

řbinu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵉⵏⵓ, plural řbinut)

Ultimately from Spanish vino, via Moroccan Arabic.


aẓeřmaḍ

aẓeřmaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⴻⵔⵎⴰⴹ, plural iẓeřmaḍen)


tiřeft

tiřeft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⴻⴼⵜ, plural tiřfin or tiřfatin, masculine iřef)

tiřfin (plural)
tiřfatin (plural)
iřef (masculine)


tyaẓiṭ n waman

tyaẓiṭ n waman f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵢⴰⵥⵉⵟ ⵏ ⵡⴰⵎⴰⵏ, plural tiyaẓiḍin n waman)


aseggʷas

aseggʷas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⴳⴳⵯⴰⵙ, plural iseggʷasen or iseggʷusa)

aseggʷas-a.


iřef

iřef m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⴻⴼ, plural iřfan, feminine tiřeft)


tyaẓiṭ

tyaẓiṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵢⴰⵥⵉⵟ, plural tiyaẓiḍin, masculine yaẓiḍ)


yaẓiḍ

yaẓiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⴰⵥⵉⴹ, plural iyaẓiḍen, feminine tyaẓiṭ)


aserdun

aserdun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵔⴷⵓⵏ, plural iserdan, diminutive taserdunt)


tamedda

tamedda f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴷⴷⴰ, plural timeddawin)


ajḍiḍ

ajḍiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⴹⵉⴹ, plural ijḍaḍ or ijḍiḍen, feminine tajḍiṭ)

ijḍaḍ (plural)
ijḍiḍen (plural)
tajḍiṭ (feminine)


ajidar

ajidar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵉⴷⴰⵔ, plural ijidarn, feminine tajidart)


aɣyuř

aɣyuř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵢⵓⵔ, plural iɣyař, feminine taɣyuřt or taɣyutc)

iɣyař (plural)
taɣyuřt (feminine)
taɣyutc (feminine)


buɛ

(intransitive) to crawl, to creep (an insect)


tmaǧa

tmaǧa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵎⴰⴵⴰ, plural timaǧiwin)


jaruf

jaruf m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴰⵔⵓⴼ, plural ijrefawen, feminine tjarfit)


adbir

adbir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴱⵉⵔ, plural idbiren, feminine tadbirt)


aqzin

aqzin m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⵣⵉⵏ, plural iqzinen, feminine taqzint)

From Proto-Berber *a-gzin, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Egyptian ṯzm


ticcit

ticcit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵛⵛⵉⵜ, plural ticcin)


asřem

asřem m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵔⴻⵎ, plural iseřman, feminine tasřent)


aɣerḍa

aɣerḍa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵔⴹⴰ, plural iɣerḍayn, feminine taɣerḍayt or taɣerḍašt)

iɣerḍayn (plural)
taɣerḍayt (feminine)
taɣerḍašt (feminine)


ayrad

ayrad m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵔⴰⴷ, plural ayraden, feminine tayrat)


baɣeř

baɣeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵖⴻⵔ, plural ibaɣřiwen, feminine tbaɣřa)


aheggar

aheggar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵀⴻⴳⴳⴰⵔ, plural iheggaren, feminine taheggart)


asiwan

asiwan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵉⵡⴰⵏ, plural isiwanen, feminine tasiwant)


tɣirdent

tɣirdent f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵖⵉⵔⴷⴻⵏⵜ, plural tiɣardmiwin or tiɣirdmiwin)

tiɣardmiwin (plural)
tiɣirdmiwin (plural)


tamceṭ n iysan

tamceṭ n iysan f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵛⴻⵟ ⵏ ⵉⵢⵙⴰⵏ)


tamceṭ

tamceṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵛⴻⵟ, plural timecḍin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مشطة (mašṭa).


adan n tmurt

rif-noun

adan n tmurt m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⵜⵎⵓⵔⵜ, usually uncountable)


ařefsiw

ařefsiw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴻⴼⵙⵉⵡ, plural iřefsiwen, feminine tařefsa)


tayarzizt

tayarzizt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⴰⵔⵣⵉⵣⵜ, plural tiyarzizin or tiyarzaz, masculine ayarziz)

tiyarzizin (plural)
tiyarzaz (plural)
ayarziz (masculine)


ayarziz

ayarziz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴰⵔⵣⵉⵣ, plural iyarzaz, feminine tayarzizt)


tařefsa

tařefsa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴻⴼⵙⴰ, plural tiřefsiwin, masculine ařefsiw)

(figuratively) An evil and dangerous woman.


tmurɣi

tmurɣi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵎⵓⵔⵖⵉ, usually uncountable)


iyarẓẓi

iyarẓẓi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵢⴰⵔⵥⵥⵉ, plural iyarẓẓa)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵕⵥⵥⵉ (iṛẓẓi) and Kabyle arẓaẓ.


tazarcrect

tazarcrect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⴰⵔⵛⵔⴻⵛⵜ, plural tizarcricin)


afarṭu

afarṭu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵔⵟⵓ, plural ifarṭawen)


tikeḍfet

tikeḍfet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴽⴻⴹⴼⴻⵜ, plural tikeḍfin)


takeṭṭuft

takeṭṭuft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⴻⵟⵟⵓⴼⵜ, plural tikeṭṭufin)


azeřmummu

azeřmummu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵔⵎⵓⵎⵎⵓ, plural izeřmumma, feminine tazeřmummect)

izeřmumma (plural)
tazeřmummect (feminine)


icfar

icfar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵛⴼⴰⵔ, plural icefrawen, feminine ticfart)


tazermummect

tazermummect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⴻⵔⵎⵓⵎⵎⴻⵛⵜ, plural tazermummuyin, feminine azermummu)

tazermummuyin (plural)
azermummu (feminine)


tirmect

tirmect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⵎⴻⵛⵜ, plural tirmawin or tirmay, masculine irem)

tirmawin (plural)
tirmay (plural)
irem (masculine)


zaggʷ

zaggʷ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⴰⴳⴳⵯ, plural izaggʷen)

hair growing in the armpit, axillary hair


ẓeṭṭu

ẓeṭṭu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵥⴻⵟⵟⵓ, plural iẓeṭwan, feminine taẓeṭṭa)


idammen

idammen pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴷⴰⵎⵎⴻⵏ, usually uncountable)

From Proto-Berber *i-damm-ən which is too a plurale tantum, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-. Doublet of ddem.
Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⴷⴰⵎⵎⵏ (idammn) and Kabyle idammen.


ddem

ddem pl (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵎ, plural idammen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دم (damm). Doublet of idammen.


aẓwar

aẓwar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⵡⴰⵔ, plural iẓuran, feminine taẓwarat)


agemmiz

agemmiz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴳⴻⵎⵎⵉⵣ, plural igemmizen, diminutive tamggizt)

igemmizen (plural)
tamggizt (diminutive)


aɣezdis

aɣezdis m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵣⴷⵉⵙ, plural iɣezdisen, diminutive taɣezdist)

iɣezdisen (plural)
taɣezdist (diminutive)


taɣezdist

taɣezdist f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵣⴷⵉⵙⵜ, plural tiɣezdisin, masculine aɣezdis)


ameřɣiɣ

ameřɣiɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵖⵉⵖ, plural imeřɣiɣen)


aɛrur

aɛrur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵔⵓⵔ, plural iɛurar, diminutive taɛrurt)


iɣes

iɣes m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⴻⵙ, plural iɣsan or ixsan)


aɣembub

aɣembub m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵎⴱⵓⴱ, plural iɣembab)


aǧi

aǧi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴵⵉ, usually uncountable)


tanyart

tanyart m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⵢⴰⵔⵜ, plural tinyarin, masculine anyar)


amejjun

amejjun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵊⵊⵓⵏ, plural imejjan, diminutive timejjet)


abriw

abriw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⵡ, plural abriwen)


aferṭaṭṭu

aferṭaṭṭu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⵔⵟⴰⵟⵟⵓ, plural iferṭaṭṭuyen)

Western Tarifit form of afarṭu: butterfly


fiɣar

fiɣar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵉⵖⴰⵔ, plural ifiɣran, feminine tfiɣra)


aɣmuz

aɣmuz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵎⵓⵣ, plural iɣmmuzen, feminine tiɣmest)


axřuř

axřuř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⵔⵓⵔ, plural ixřuřen)


aqennin

aqennin m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⵏⵏⵉⵏ, plural iqenninen, feminine taqennint)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خنونة (ḵnūna, “mucus”), from Arabic خَنَّ (ḵanna, “nasal twang”).


anzar

rif-noun

anzar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵣⴰⵔ, plural anzaren, feminine tinzar)


tasirt

tasirt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵉⵔⵜ, plural tisira)


taɣruṭṭ

taɣruṭṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⵔⵓⵟⵟ, plural tiɣarḍin, masculine aɣruḍ)


tmiṭ

tmiṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵎⵉⵟ, plural timiḍin)


tinɣi

tinɣi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵏⵖⵉ, plural tinɣiwin)

tinɣiwin n tfunast.


taddext

taddext f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴻⵅⵜ, plural taddiɣwin)


nirz

nirz m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵉⵔⵣ, plural inirzawen, diminutive tnirzt)


ḍar

(intransitive) to descend, to dismount, to get off

asḍari

Causative: sḍar (“to make dismount”); Verbal noun


ḍar

ḍar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴹⴰⵔ, plural iḍarn, feminine ḍḍart)


aɛebbuḍ

aɛebbuḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⴱⴱⵓⴹ, plural iɛebbuḍen, feminine taɛebbuṭ)


taṛut

taṛut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵕⵓⵜ, plural taṛutin)


inarfeḍ

inarfeḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵏⴰⵔⴼⴻⴹ, plural inarfḍawen)


iyencicen

iyencicen pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵢⴻⵏⵛⵉⵛⴻⵏ)


tafdent

tafdent f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⴷⴻⵏⵜ, plural tifednin)


aɛeddis

aɛeddis m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⴷⴷⵉⵙ, plural iɛeddisen, feminine taɛeddist)


taɛeddist

taɛeddist m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⴻⴷⴷⵉⵙⵜ, plural tiɛeddisin, masculine aɛeddis)


tiyẓẓetc

tiyẓẓetc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵢⵥⵥⴻⵜⵛ, plural tiyẓẓar)


ameṣṣaḍ

ameṣṣaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵚⵚⴰⴹ, plural imeṣḍan, feminine tamessaṭṭ)


tameṣṣaṭṭ

tameṣṣaṭṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵚⵚⴰⵟⵟ, plural timeṣḍin)

tameṣṣaṭṭ u yaẓiḍ.


tadiynit

tadiynit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⵉⵢⵏⵉⵜ, plural tidiynitin)


abellaw

abellaw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵍⵍⴰⵡ, plural ibellawen)


abřuř

abřuř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵓⵔ, plural ibuřař, feminine tabřutc)


amenyar

amenyar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵏⵢⴰⵔ, plural imenyarn)


ametti

ametti m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵜⵜⵉ, plural imettiyen)


ameǧař

ameǧař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⴵⴰⵔ, plural imeǧařen, diminutive tameǧatc)


ancuc

ancuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵛⵓⵛ, plural ancucen, diminutive tancuct)


taɛebbuṭ

taɛebbuṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⴻⴱⴱⵓⵟ, plural tiɛebbuḍin, masculine aɛebbuḍ)


bururu

bururu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵔⵓⵔⵓ, usually uncountable)


amutten

amutten m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵓⵜⵜⴻⵏ, usually uncountable)

Iffeɣ days amutten.


tuffett

tuffett f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⴼⴼⴻⵜⵜ, usually uncountable)


anḍeř

anḍeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴹⴻⵔ, plural imḍřan, feminine tanḍetc)


acmaz

acmaz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⵎⴰⵣ, usually uncountable)


ayezzim

ayezzim m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴻⵣⵣⵉⵎ, plural iyezzimen)


aniyzum

aniyzum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵉⵢⵣⵓⵎ, plural iniyzam, feminine taniyzumt)


areffix

areffix m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴻⴼⴼⵉⵅ, plural ireffixen, feminine tareffixt)


amurḍus

amurḍus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴹⵓⵙ, plural imurḍas, feminine tamurḍust)


aḍadur

aḍadur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⴰⴷⵓⵔ, plural iḍadurn, feminine taḍadurt)


tareffixt

tareffixt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴻⴼⴼⵉⵅⵜ, plural tireffixin, masculine areffix)


aziyzun

aziyzun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵉⵢⵣⵓⵏ, plural iziyzan, feminine taziyzunt)


aynaw

aynaw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵏⴰⵡ, plural aynawen, feminine taynawt)


adarɣař

adarɣař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵔⵖⴰⵔ, plural idarɣařen, feminine tadarɣatc)


taseksut

taseksut m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴻⴽⵙⵓⵜ, plural tiseksutin, masculine aseksut)


tazewḍa

tazewḍa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⴻⵡⴹⴰ, plural tizewḍawin)


asekkur

asekkur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⴽⴽⵓⵔ, plural isekkʷarn, feminine tasekkurt)


tasekkurt

tasekkurt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴻⴽⴽⵓⵔⵜ, plural tisekrin or tisecrin, masculine asekkur)

tisekrin (plural)
tisecrin (plural)
asekkur (masculine)


amensi

amensi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵏⵙⵉ, plural imensiwen or imensiyen)


amecři

amecři m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵛⵔⵉ, plural imcřiwen)


arcti

arcti m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵛⵜⵉ, usually uncountable)


idiydi

idiydi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴷⵉⵢⴷⵉ, plural idiydyen)


aɣrum

aɣrum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ, usually uncountable)


tamment

tamment f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵎⴻⵏⵜ, usually uncountable)


adxes

adxes m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵅⴻⵙ, usually uncountable)


tazart

tazart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⴰⵔⵜ, usually uncountable)


taɣyact

taɣyact f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⵢⴰⵛⵜ, usually uncountable, masculine aɣyay)


tadunt

tadunt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⵓⵏⵜ, usually uncountable)


azduz

azduz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴷⵓⵣ, plural izduzen, diminutive tazduzt)


aɣyay

aɣyay m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵢⴰⵢ, plural iɣyayen, diminutive taɣyact)


tiggest

tiggest f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴳⴳⴻⵙⵜ, plural tiggaz)


třussi

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber tlussi (“cream”) and Tachawit tlussi (“butter”).


tburjet

rif-noun

tburjet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴱⵓⵔⵊⴻⵜ, plural tiburjatin)


arruḍ

arruḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⵓⴹ, usually uncountable)


admam

admam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵎⴰⵎ, plural idumam, diminutive tadmant)


taḍuft

taḍuft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴹⵓⴼⵜ, usually uncountable)


isiyni

isiyni m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⵉⵢⵏⵉ, plural isiynan, diminutive tisiyneft)


tisiyneft

tisiyneft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵢⵏⴻⴼⵜ, plural tisiynaf, masculine isiyni)


tsiřit

tsiřit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵙⵉⵔⵉⵜ, plural tisiřa)


tazeqqa

tazeqqa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⴻⵇⵇⴰ, plural tizeɣwin)


tiɣarɣart

tiɣarɣart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵖⴰⵔⵖⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiɣarɣar)


tawurt

tawurt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⵓⵔⵜ, plural tiwura)


tadmant

tadmant f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⵎⴰⵏⵜ, plural tidmamin)


tameǧatc

tameǧatc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴵⴰⵜⵛ, plural timeǧařin, masculine ameǧař)


tsunta

tsunta f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵙⵓⵏⵜⴰ, plural tisuntawin)


tsummet

tsummet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵙⵓⵎⵎⴻⵜ, plural tisumtin)


ticfart

ticfart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵛⴼⴰⵔⵜ, plural ticefrawin, masculine icfar)


asfeḍ

asfeḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴼⴻⴹ, plural isefḍawen, diminutive tasfeṭṭ)


aɣraṣ

aɣraṣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⴰⵚ, plural iɣraṣen, diminutive taɣraṣt)


tzayart

tzayart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵣⴰⵢⴰⵔⵜ, plural tizayarin)


aɣenja

aɣenja m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵏⵊⴰ, plural iɣenjayn, diminutive taɣenjact)

iɣenjayn (plural)
taɣenjact (diminutive)


afray

afray m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵔⴰⵢ, plural ifuray, diminutive tafrayt)


taɣenjact

taɣenjact f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵏⵊⴰⵛⵜ, plural tiɣenjayin, masculine aɣenja)


tazzart

tazzart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⵣⴰⵔⵜ, plural tizzarin or tazzriwin)


ařiyzim

ařiyzim m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉⵢⵣⵉⵎ, plural iřiyzam)


amjar

amjar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵊⴰⵔ, plural imiyran, diminutive tamjart)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber amjer.


taxsayt

taxsayt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵅⵙⴰⵢⵜ, plural tixsayin)


aseṭṭa

aseṭṭa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵟⵟⴰ, plural iseḍwen, diminutive taseṭṭa)


tiɣendin

tiɣendin pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵖⴻⵏⴷⵉⵏ, masculine iɣendan)


tafarcit

tafarcit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⴰⵔⵛⵉⵜ, plural tifarciwin, masculine afarciw)


iɣendan

iɣendan pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⴻⵏⴷⴰⵏ, diminutive tiɣendin)


třaxt

třaxt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵔⴰⵅⵜ, usually uncountable)


taydart

taydart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⴷⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiydrin)


aseřɣaɣ

aseřɣaɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵔⵖⴰⵖ, usually uncountable)


taseṭṭa

taseṭṭa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴻⵟⵟⴰ, plural tiseḍwin, masculine aseṭṭa)


tifrect

tifrect m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴼⵔⴻⵛⵜ, plural tafriwin)


tiyyart

tiyyart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵢⵢⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiyyar)


tazyawt

tazyawt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⵢⴰⵡⵜ, plural tizyawin, masculine azyaw)


taxsact

taxsact f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵅⵙⴰⵛⵜ, usually uncountable)


tiyeẓḍent

tiyeẓḍent f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵢⴻⵥⴹⴻⵏⵜ, usually uncountable)


timecraḍ

timecraḍ pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵎⴻⵛⵔⴰⴹ)


aɣanim

aɣanim m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴰⵏⵉⵎ, plural iɣunam, diminutive taɣnint)


tamrirt

tamrirt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵔⵉⵔⵜ, plural timurar)


afḍis

afḍis m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴹⵉⵙ, plural ifḍisen, diminutive tafḍist)


uraɣ

uraɣ pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵔⴰⵖ, usually uncountable)

Derived from warɣ (“be yellow”) or awraɣ (“yellow; golden”).


tcamma

tcamma m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵛⴰⵎⵎⴰ, plural ticammatin)


amziř

amziř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵣⵉⵔ, plural imziřen, feminine tamziřt or tamzitc)

imziřen (plural)
tamziřt (feminine)
tamzitc (feminine)


asɣun

asɣun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵖⵓⵏ, plural iseɣwan, feminine tasɣunt)


tamedwast

tamedwast f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴷⵡⴰⵙⵜ, plural timedwas)


ajartiř

ajartiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⴰⵔⵜⵉⵔ, plural ijartař, diminutive tajartitc)


amerwas

amerwas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵡⴰⵙ, plural imerwusa)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber amerwas.


awezwiz

awezwiz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⴻⵣⵡⵉⵣ, plural iwezwizen)


azyen

azyen m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵢⴻⵏ, plural izinen or iziyniten, diminutive tazyent)

izinen (plural)
iziyniten (plural)
tazyent (diminutive)

Azyen n txebbazt.

ɣar wezyen nhar.


amnus

amnus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵏⵓⵙ, plural imnusen, diminutive tamnust)


anebdu

anebdu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴻⴱⴷⵓ, plural inebduten)


tamja

tamja f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵊⴰ, plural timjiwin)


amedyaz

amedyaz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⴷⵢⴰⵣ, plural imedyazen, feminine tamedyast)


ameṭṭa

ameṭṭa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵟⵟⴰ, plural imeṭṭawen, diminutive tameṭṭawt)

imeṭṭawen (plural)
tameṭṭawt (diminutive)


tayya

tayya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵢⴰ, plural tiyya or tiyiwin)

(dated, now offensive) a dark-skinned female, negress


tiggʷdi

tiggʷdi f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴳⴳⵯⴷⵉ, usually uncountable, masculine aggʷad)


ismeɣ

ismeɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⵎⴻⵖ, plural isemɣan, feminine tismeɣt)

(dated, now offensive) a dark-skinned person, negro


tayzint

tayzint f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵣⵉⵏⵜ, plural tiyzinin)


qundɛa

qundɛa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⵓⵏⴷⵄⴰ, plural qundɛat)


taẓrut

taẓrut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵥⵔⵓⵜ, plural tiẓra, masculine aẓru)


tracca

tracca f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵔⴰⵛⵛⴰ, plural tiracciwin)


tjaǧit

tjaǧit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵊⴰⴵⵉⵜ, plural tijiǧa)


tamenɣiwt

tamenɣiwt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵏⵖⵉⵡⵜ, plural timenɣa)


taɣarst

taɣarst f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⴰⵔⵙⵜ, usually uncountable)


aḥeddiq

aḥeddiq m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴻⴷⴷⵉⵇ, plural iḥudaq)


abeǧaɛ

abeǧaɛ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⴵⴰⵄ, usually uncountable)

From earlier abellaɛ, from Moroccan Arabic بلاع (ballāʕ, “one that swallows”).


acɛeb

rif-noun

acɛeb m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⵄⴻⴱ, plural iceɛbawen, feminine tacɛeft)


taḥenjirt

taḥenjirt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵃⴻⵏⵊⵉⵔⵜ, plural tiḥenjirin, masculine aḥenjir)


anewji

anewji m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴻⵡⵊⵉ, plural inewjiwen, feminine tanewjiwt)


aɣennij

aɣennij m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵏⵏⵉⵊ, plural rɣnuj)


aḥarmcar

aḥarmcar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴰⵔⵎⵛⴰⵔ, plural iḥarmcaren)


aḥenjir

aḥenjir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴻⵏⵊⵉⵔ, plural iḥenjirn, feminine taḥenjirt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خنزير (ḵanzīr, “pig”). Substitutive borrowing to avoid terms of endearment for children due to the belief they may be harmed by spirits.


qunniḍ

rif-noun

qunniḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⵓⵏⵏⵉⴹ, plural iqunniḍen, diminutive tqunniṭṭ)

iqunniḍen (plural)
tqunniṭṭ (diminutive)


juffiḍ

juffiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⵓⴼⴼⵉⴹ, plural ijuffiḍen, diminutive tjuffiṭṭ)

ijuffiḍen (plural)
tjuffiṭṭ (diminutive)


ajeɛbub

ajeɛbub m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⴻⵄⴱⵓⴱ, plural ijeɛbuben, diminutive tajeɛbubt)

ijeɛbuben (plural)
tajeɛbubt (diminutive)

Ultimately from Arabic جَعْبَة (jaʕba, “quiver”).


taḥjijat

taḥjijat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵃⵊⵉⵊⴰⵜ, plural tiḥjijatin)


aqellaw

aqellaw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⵍⵍⴰⵡ, plural iqellawen)


řkazi

řkazi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⴰⵣⵉ, plural řkwazi)


řmarmet

řmarmet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴰⵔⵎⴻⵜ, plural řmremmat)


azidan

azidan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵉⴷⴰⵏ, plural izidanen)


adehcur

adehcur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴻⵀⵛⵓⵔ, plural idehcuren or idehcura, feminine tadehcurt)

idehcuren (plural)
idehcura (plural)
tadehcurt (feminine)


řmeḥḥ

řmeḥḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⵃⵃ, plural řmḥuḥ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مح (maḥḥ, “yolk”), from Arabic مُحّ (muḥḥ, “yolk”).


tafqunt

rif-noun

tafqunt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵇⵓⵏⵜ, plural tifeqqunin or tifuqan)

Borrowed from Latin focum, the accusative singular of focus (“fireplace”)


tinɛacin

tinɛacin pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵏⵄⴰⵛⵉⵏ)

From Moroccan Arabic تناش (tnāš, “twelve”), from Arabic اِثْنَا عَشَر (iṯnā ʕašara, “twelve”).

der

اِثْنَا عَشَر


taḥarraft

rif-noun

taḥarraft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵃⴰⵔⵔⴰⴼⵜ, plural tiḥarrabin)


aceḥřuf

aceḥřuf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴻⵃⵔⵓⴼ, plural iceḥřaf)


abruṣi

abruṣi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵓⵚⵉ, plural ibruṣiyen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بروصي (brūṣi), from French procès-verbal.


řburqi

rif-noun

řburqi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵔⵇⵉ, plural řbraqi, diminutive tburqect)

Possibly from Moroccan Arabic برق (barq, “lightning”)

(military) shell (cylindrical projectile)


aḥḍiḍ

aḥḍiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴹⵉⴹ, plural iḥḍiḍen, feminine taḥḍiṭṭ)


tqabut

tqabut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵇⴰⴱⵓⵜ, plural tiquba, masculine qabu)


ajɣuř

ajɣuř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵖⵓⵔ, plural ijɣuřen or ijɣař, diminutive tazɣuřt)

ijɣuřen (plural)
ijɣař (plural)
tazɣuřt (diminutive)


bucceř

bucceř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵛⵛⴻⵔ, plural ibucřen)


ařɣem

ařɣem m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵖⴻⵎ, plural iřeɣman, feminine tařɣent)

From earlier alɣem, from Proto-Berber *a-lɣəm (“camel”). See that entry for more.


aɣřař

aɣřař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⴰⵔ, plural iɣřařen, diminutive taɣřařt)


aqarqriw

aqarqriw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴰⵔⵇⵔⵉⵡ, plural iqarqriwen, feminine tqarqra)


azenɣur

azenɣur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵏⵖⵓⵔ, plural iɣenzurn, feminine taɣenzurt)


iyyar

iyyar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵢⵢⴰⵔ, plural iyyirn or iyarn)

From earlier igar, possibly from Latin ager (field).


axbuc

axbuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⴱⵓⵛ, plural ixubac or ixbucen, diminutive taxbuct)

ixubac (plural)
ixbucen (plural)
taxbuct (diminutive)


uzzař

uzzař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵔ, plural uzřan)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ (uzzal).


tarya

tarya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵢⴰ, plural taryiwin)

Ultimately from Latin rigo (“to lead, to irrigate”).
Cognate with Tachawit targa (“irrigation ditch”).

(agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil)


řḥdid

řḥdid m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴷⵉⴷ, plural řḥdidat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حديد (ḥdīd, “iron”), from Arabic حَدِيد (ḥadīd, “iron”).


tajjatc

rif-noun

tajjatc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵊⵊⴰⵜⵛ, plural tijjař, masculine ajjař)


řeknina

řeknina f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⴽⵏⵉⵏⴰ, plural řekninat)


aqbuc

aqbuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴱⵓⵛ, plural iqubac, diminutive taqbuct)


aseřham

aseřham m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵔⵀⴰⵎ, plural iseřhamen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سلهام (salhām).


aqecqac

rif-noun

aqecqac m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⵛⵇⴰⵛ, plural iqecqacen, diminutive taqecqact)

iqecqacen (plural)
taqecqact (diminutive)


ajjar

ajjar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵊⴰⵔ, plural ijjaren, feminine tajjatc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جار (jār).


ajjar

ajjar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵊⴰⵔ, plural jjiran, feminine tajjart)


aɣarrabu

aɣarrabu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴰⵔⵔⴰⴱⵓ, plural iɣarruba, feminine taɣarrabut)

Borrowed from Latin carabus (small boat), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos).


taɣebbart

rif-noun

taɣebbart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⴻⴱⴱⴰⵔⵜ)

From Moroccan Arabic غبارة (ḡabbāra, “dust”), variant of غبيرة (ḡubbayra).


jjarf

jjarf m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⵊⴰⵔⴼ, plural rjruf)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جرف (jurf), from Arabic جُرْف (jurf).


řgeɛdet

rif-noun

řgeɛdet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴳⴻⵄⴷⴻⵜ, plural řgɛudi)

From a Hilalian variant of Moroccan Arabic قعدة (qaʕda), from Arabic قِعْدَة (qiʕda).


taɛejjact

taɛejjact f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⴻⵊⵊⴰⵛⵜ, plural tiɛejjijin or rjaj)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عجاجة (ʕjāja).


řewḍa

rif-noun

řewḍa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵡⴹⴰ, plural řewḍawat)

From Moroccan Arabic وطا (wṭā), from Arabic وَطَاء (waṭāʔ).


řɛunsar

řɛunsar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⵓⵏⵙⴰⵔ, plural řɛnasar)


řmujjet

řmujjet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⵓⵊⵊⴻⵜ, plural řmwaj)

From Moroccan Arabic موجة (mūja, “wave”), from Arabic مَوْجَة (mawja, “wave”).


ddemnet

ddemnet f (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵎⵏⴻⵜ, plural ddmani)

From Moroccan Arabic [Term?], from Arabic دَمَنَ (damana, “to manure”).

cultivated field, garden (in front of the house)


řbarr

From Moroccan Arabic بر, from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “dry land”).

mainland, dry land (as opposed to the sea)


zinzal

From Moroccan Arabic زنزال (zanzāl, “earthquake”), from Arabic زِلْزَال (zilzāl, “earthquake”).


tayzirt

rif-noun

tayzirt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵣⵉⵔⵜ, plural tiyzirin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جزيرة (gzīra), from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).


řhawa

rif-noun

řhawa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵀⴰⵡⴰ, usually uncountable)

From Moroccan Arabic هوا (hawa, “air”), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).


arriḥ

From Moroccan Arabic ريح (rīḥ, “wind”), from Arabic رِيح (rīḥ, “wind”).


ccɛeř

ticeɛřetc (feminine singulative)
taceɛřetct (feminine singulative)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شعل (šʕal), plural of شعلة (šaʕla, “flame”).

bor+

matches, match (device used to light a fire)


řfḥem

rif-noun

řfḥem m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⵃⴻⵎ, usually uncountable, feminine tafeḥmitct)

From Moroccan Arabic فحم (fḥam), from Arabic فَحْم (faḥm, “coal”)


řbarq

řbarq m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵔⵇ, plural řbruq)

From Moroccan Arabic برق (barq), from Arabic بَرْق (barq, “lightning”).


bnadem

From Moroccan Arabic بنادم (bnādim, “human being”), from Arabic اِبْن آدَم (ibn ʔādam, literally “son of Adam”).


ẓalamiṭ

Borrowed from French allumette (“match”).


atarras

rif-noun

atarras m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵜⴰⵔⵔⴰⵙ, plural itarrasen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تراس (tarrās).


taḥrant

rif-noun

taḥrant m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵃⵔⴰⵏⵜ, plural taḥramin, masculine aḥram)


aḥram

aḥram m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⵔⴰⵎ, plural iḥramen, feminine taḥrant)

From Moroccan Arabic حرام (ḥrām, “illegitimate”), from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām, “illegitimate”). Substitutive borrowing to avoid terms of endearment for children due to the belief they may be harmed by spirits.


aɛezri

rif-noun

aɛezri m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⵣⵔⵉ, plural iεezriyen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عزري (ʕazri).


řeɣmam

From Moroccan Arabic غمام (ḡmām), from Arabic غَمَام (ḡamām).


řwacun

rif-noun

řwacun m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵡⴰⵛⵓⵏ, feminine twacunt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic واشون (wāšūn, “kids”).


ṭṭalaq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طلاق (ṭlāq, ṭalāq).


lwalidin

rif-noun

lwalidin pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵡⴰⵍⵉⴷⵉⵏ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic والدين (wālidīn, “parents”).


ḥenna

From Moroccan Arabic حنة (ḥanna, “grandmother”).


arbib

rif-noun

arbib m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴱⵉⴱ, plural arbiben, feminine tarbibt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ربيب (rbīb, “stepson”)


asřif

rif-noun

asřif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵔⵉⴼ, plural isřifen, feminine tasřift)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سليف (slīf, “brother-in-law, one's wife's sister's husband”)


tarbibt

rif-noun

tarbibt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴱⵉⴱⵜ, plural tarbibin, masculine arbib)


tasřift

tasřift f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵔⵉⴼⵜ, plural tisřifin, masculine asřif)


lḥayawan

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حيوان (ḥayawān, “animal”).


řmař

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مال (māl, “property”).


řkuri

rif-noun

řkuri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⵓⵔⵉ, plural řkurawat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كوري (kūri), from French écurie.


anwař

rif-noun

anwař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵡⴰⵔ, plural inwařen, feminine tanwařt or tanwatc)

inwařen (plural)
tanwařt (feminine)
tanwatc (feminine)

Compare Moroccan Arabic نوالة (newwāla, “thatched hut”).


takidart

rif-noun

takidart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⵉⴷⴰⵔⵜ, masculine akidar)


aɛejmi

aɛejmi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⵊⵎⵉ, plural iɛejmiyyen, feminine taɛejmect)

iɛejmiyyen (plural)
taɛejmect (feminine)


taɛejmect

taɛejmect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⴻⵊⵎⴻⵛⵜ, plural tiɛejmiyyin, masculine aɛejmi)

heifer, calf (particularly one that has not yet calved)


akidar

akidar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⵉⴷⴰⵔ, plural ikidarn, feminine takidart)


aɛetrus

aɛetrus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⵜⵔⵓⵙ, plural iɛetras)

Compare Moroccan Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, and Algerian Arabic عتروس (ʕatrūs).


aḥuři

rif-noun

aḥuři m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⵓⵔⵉ, plural iḥuřiyen, feminine taḥuřect)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حولي (ḥawli, “sheep”)


řɛawda

rif-noun

řɛawda f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⵡⴷⴰ, plural řɛawdat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عودة (ʕawda, “mare”).


řɛucc

rif-noun

řɛucc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⵓⵛⵛ, plural rɛwacc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عش (ʕušš, “nest”)


abarkiw

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بركة (berka, “duck”)


ajɛud

rif-noun

ajɛud m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵄⵓⴷ, plural ijɛuden, feminine tajɛawt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جدوع (jdūʕ) with metathesis, plural of جدع (jdaʕ, “foal, colt”).


řbaz

rif-noun

řbaz m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵣ, plural řbyuz or řbyaz)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic باز (bāz, “falcon”).


řweḍwaḍ

rif-noun

řweḍwaḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵡⴻⴹⵡⴰⴹ, plural řweḍwaḍen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic وطواط (waṭwāṭ, “bat”)


aqnenni

rif-noun

aqnenni m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⵏⴻⵏⵏⵉ, plural iqnenniyen, feminine taqnennect)

iqnenniyen (plural)
taqnennect (feminine)

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin cunīclus (“rabbit”). Compare Moroccan Arabic قنية (qniyya), قلينة (qlayna).


aqcur

aqcur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⵛⵓⵔ, plural iqcwar, diminutive taqcurt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قشور (qšūr), from قشرة (qušra).


afalku

rif-noun

afalku m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵍⴽⵓ, plural ifulka)

From Proto-Berber *a-falku, borrowed from Latin falcō.


babaɣayyu

babaɣayyu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⴱⴰⵖⴰⵢⵢⵓ, plural ibabɣayuten)

Borrowed from Spanish papagayo (“parrot”). Compare Moroccan Arabic بابغيو (bābḡayyu).


řeɛbaya

rif-noun

řeɛbaya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⴱⴰⵢⴰ, plural řɛbayat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عباية (ʕabāya)

bor+

abaya, gandoura, a sleeveless tunic worn by men.


busekka

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بوسكة (būsakka, “cobra”)


nnamus

rif-noun

nnamus m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⴰⵎⵓⵙ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ناموس (nāmūs, “mosquito”)


arrtiřa

rif-noun

arrtiřa f (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⵜⵉⵔⴰ, plural arrtiřat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رتيلة (rtīla, “spider”)


arbɛa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic أربعة (ʔarbʕa, “four”)


tnayn

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تنين (tnayn, “two”),


ɛecra

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشرة (ʕašra, “ten”)


waḥid

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic واحد (wāḥid, “one”)


ɛicrin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشرين (ʕašrīn, “twenty”)


aɛban

rif-noun

aɛban m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴱⴰⵏ, plural iɛbanen, feminine taɛbant)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عبانة (ʕbāna, “wool blanket”)


tmenya

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تمنية (tmanya, “eight”)


taɛbant

rif-noun

taɛbant f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⴱⴰⵏⵜ, plural tiɛbanin, masculine aɛban)


ddenfiř

ddenfiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵏⴼⵉⵔ, plural ddenfiřat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دنفيل (danfīl).


sṛaqezzit

rif-noun

sṛaqezzit m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵕⴰⵇⴻⵣⵣⵉⵜ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سراق الزيت (sarrāq ez-zīt, “cockroach”, literally “oil thief”).


řqird

rif-noun

řqird m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⵉⵔⴷ, plural řqrud, feminine taqyartt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قرد (qard, “monkey”)


lmaɛida

rif-noun

lmaɛida f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵎⴰⵄⵉⴷⴰ, plural lmaɛidat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic معدة (maʕida, maʕda, “stomach”).


řmeyyet

rif-noun

řmeyyet m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⵢⵢⴻⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ميت (miyyat, “dead (person)”), from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit).


lfil

rif-noun

lfil m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴼⵉⵍ, plural lfilat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فيل (fīl, “elephant”)


taqcurt

rif-noun

taqcurt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⵛⵓⵔⵜ, plural tiqecrin, masculine aqcur)


řmuxx

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مخ (muḵḵ, “brain”)


tacɛeft

rif-noun

tacɛeft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵛⵄⴻⴼⵜ, plural ticeɛbin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كعبة (kaʕba, “ankle”)


tacɛeft

rif-noun

tacɛeft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵛⵄⴻⴼⵜ, plural ticeɛbawin, masculine acɛeb)


lḥayat

lḥayat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵃⴰⵢⴰⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حياة (ḥayāt, “life”)


ḥiṭac

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حداش (ḥdāš, “eleven”)


arfayn

Alternative spelling of ařfayn: two thousand


tratin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تلاتين (tlātīn, “thirty”)


xemsin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خمسين (xamsīn, “fifty”)


arbɛin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic أربعين (arbʕīn, “forty”).


sebɛin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سبعين (sabʕīn, “seventy”)


settin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ستين (sittīn, “sixty”)


mitayn

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مْيَتَيْن (myatayn, “two hundred”)


tesεin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تسعين (tisʕīn, “ninety”)


tmanin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تمانين (tmānīn, “eighty”)


řehřac

rif-noun

řehřac m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵀⵔⴰⵛ, plural řhřacat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هلاك (hlāk).


axmar

rif-noun

axmar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⵎⴰⵔ, plural ixemrawen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خمار (ḵimār, “veil”)


tenɛac

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تناش (tnāš, “twelve”)


ddwa

rif-noun

ddwa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵡⴰ, plural dwawat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دوا (dwā).


ssem

ssem m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⵎ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سم (samm, summ, “poison”)


lmakla

rif-noun

lmakla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵎⴰⴽⵍⴰ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ماكلة (mākla).


ṭṭabeɛ

rif-noun

ṭṭabeɛ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⴰⴱⴻⵄ, plural ṭṭwabeɛ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طابع (ṭābaʕ, “stamp”)


řgiḥ

rif-noun

řgiḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴳⵉⵃ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قيح (qīḥ, “pus”), from Arabic قَيْح (qayḥ).


marmiṭa

rif-noun

marmiṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵔⵎⵉⵟⴰ, plural marmiṭat, diminutive tmarmiṭat)

marmiṭat (plural)
tmarmiṭat (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مرميطة (marmīṭa), from French marmite.

bor+

(by extension) meal prepared in said cooking pot


afarran

rif-noun

afarran m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵔⵔⴰⵏ, plural ifarranen, feminine tafarrant)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فران (farrān, “oven”)


aḍbib

rif-noun

aḍbib m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⴱⵉⴱ, plural iḍbiben, feminine taḍbibt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طبيب (ṭbīb, “doctor”)


taɣellact

rif-noun

taɣellact f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵍⵍⴰⵛⵜ, plural taɣellayin, masculine aɣellay)


aɣellay

aɣellay m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⵍⵍⴰⵢ, plural iɣellayen, diminutive taɣellact)

iɣellayen (plural)
taɣellact (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غلاي (ḡallāy, “kettle”)


řburmet

rif-noun

řburmet m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵔⵎⴻⵜ, plural řburmat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic برمة (burma, “boiler”)


ameqraj

rif-noun

ameqraj m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵇⵔⴰⵊ, plural imeqrajen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مقراج (maqrāj, “kettle”), from Ottoman Turkish باقراج (bakrac).


řefḍur

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فطور (fṭūr, “breakfast”)


řmus

rif-noun

řmus m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⵓⵙ, plural řmwas, feminine tmussut)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic موس (mūs, “knife”)


baṭaṭa

tbaṭaṭat (feminine singulative)
tibaṭaṭatin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بَطَاطا (baṭāṭa, “potato”)


ṭṭebṣi

rif-noun

ṭṭebṣi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⴻⴱⵚⵉ, plural ṭṭbaṣa, diminutive taṭṭebsect)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طبسي (ṭabsi, ṭubsi, “plate”), a variant of طبسيل (ṭabsīl, ṭubsīl), from Ottoman Turkish تپسی (tepsi), from Middle Chinese 疊子 (dep̚ t͡sɨ^X, “small dish; plate”).


ṣuppa

rif-noun

ṣuppa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵚⵓⵒⵒⴰ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Spanish sopa (“soup”). Compare Moroccan Arabic صوبة (ṣūbba).


zzbib

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زبيب (zbīb, “raisins”)


ṣuṣit

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صوصيت (ṣūṣīt, “sausage”), from French saucisse (“sausage”)


řxuḍart

rif-noun

řxuḍart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵅⵓⴹⴰⵔⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خضرة (ḵuḍra, “vegetables”)


afenjař

rif-noun

afenjař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⵏⵊⴰⵔ, plural ifenjařen, feminine tafenjařt or tafenjatc)

ifenjařen (plural)
tafenjařt (feminine)
tafenjatc (feminine)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فنجال (fanjāl), فنجان (fanjān).


abriq

rif-noun

abriq m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⵇ, plural ibriqen, diminutive tabriqt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بریق (brīq, “pitcher”)


taḥrirt

rif-noun

taḥrirt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵃⵔⵉⵔⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حريرة (ḥrīra)


aɣarraf

rif-noun

aɣarraf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴰⵔⵔⴰⴼ, plural iɣarrafen, diminutive taɣarraft)

iɣarrafen (plural)
taɣarraft (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غراف (ḡurrāf, ḡarrāf)


řmaqřa

rif-noun

řmaqřa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴰⵇⵔⴰ, plural řmaqřat, feminine tamaqřat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مقلة (maqla, “frying pan”)


zzitun

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زيتون (zītūn, “olive”)


zzect

rif-noun

zzect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵣⴻⵛⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زيت (zīt, “oil”)


řfeřfeř

tifeřfetš (feminine singulative)
tifeřfřin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فلفل (falfal, “peppers”).

peppers (including bell peppers, sweet peppers and chilis)


furciṭa

rif-noun

furciṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵓⵔⵛⵉⵟⴰ, plural furciṭat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فرشيطة (furšīṭa, “fork”), from French fourchette.


ddhen

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دهن (dhan)


řebṣeř

tabṣetc (feminine singulative)
tabṣeřt (feminine singulative)
tibeṣřin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بصل (bṣal, “onion”)


xizzu

txizzut (feminine singulative)
tixizzutin (plural)

Compare Moroccan Arabic خيزو (ḵīzzu, “carrot”).


mecrubaṭ

rif-noun

mecrubaṭ pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴻⵛⵔⵓⴱⴰⵟ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مشروبات (mašrūbāt, “drinks”)


ssekkʷar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سكر (sukkar, “sugar”)


řeḥrir

rif-noun

řeḥrir m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵃⵔⵉⵔ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حرير (ḥrīr, “silk”)


ccark

rif-noun

ccark m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵛⴰⵔⴽ, usually uncountable)


řmřeḥ

řmřeḥ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⵔⴻⵃ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مْلَح (mlaḥ, “salt”)


takettant

rif-noun

takettant f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⴻⵜⵜⴰⵏⵜ, plural tikettanin, masculine akettan)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كتان (kattān, “flax”)


akettan

rif-noun

akettan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴻⵜⵜⴰⵏ, plural ikettanen, diminutive takettant)

ikettanen (plural)
takettant (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كتان (kattān, “flax”).


fiřu

fiřu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵉⵔⵓ, plural ifiřan, feminine tfiřut)

Borrowed from Old Spanish filo (thread).


asřix

asřix m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵅ, plural isřixen, diminutive tasřixt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سليخ (slīḵ)

bor+

sheep's skin (with dressed wool used for sitting)


řeqṭen

rif-noun

řeqṭen m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵇⵟⴻⵏ, plural řeqṭan)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قطن (qṭan, “cotton”)


tameǧaḥt

rif-noun

tameǧaḥt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴵⴰⵃⵜ, usually uncountable)


tameǧaḥt

rif-adj

tameǧaḥt (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴵⴰⵃⵜ, plural timeǧaḥin, masculine ameǧaḥ)

From earlier tamellaḥt, borrowing of Moroccan Arabic مالحة (māliḥa).


ddfin

rif-noun

ddfin m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴼⵉⵏ, plural ddfayn)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دفينة (dfīna).

bor+

dress (lightweight over-garment worn by women)


fařḍa

rif-noun

fařḍa f (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⴹⴰ, plural fařḍat)


akebbuḍ

akebbuḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴻⴱⴱⵓⴹ, plural ikebbuḍen, diminutive takebbuṭ)

ikebbuḍen (plural)
takebbuṭ (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كبوط (kabbūṭ, “coat”)


takebbuṭ

rif-noun

takebbuṭ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⴻⴱⴱⵓⵟ, plural tikebbuḍin, masculine akebbuḍ)


taqmijjat

taqmijjat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⵎⵉⵊⵊⴰⵜ, plural tiqmijjatin, masculine aqmijjaw)

tiqmijjatin (plural)
aqmijjaw (masculine)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قميجة (qamīja, “shirt”)


ttqacir

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تقاشر (tqāšir, “socks”) plural of تقشيرة (taqšīra).


ssarwař

rif-noun

ssarwař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴰⵔⵡⴰⵔ, plural ssraweř, diminutive tassarwatc)

ssraweř (plural)
tassarwatc (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سروال (sarwāl, “pants”)


wanṭiṣ

Borrowed from Spanish guantes (“gloves”).


řbuṭ

rif-noun

řbuṭ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵟ, plural řbwaṭ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بوط (būṭ, “boot”), from French botte (“boot”)


tcanklat

Borrowed from Spanish chancla (“slipper”).


tcaccect

rif-noun

tcaccect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵛⴰⵛⵛⴻⵛⵜ, plural ticuccay, masculine cacciw)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شاشية (šāšiyya, “shashiya”).


řeqfař

rif-noun

řeqfař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵇⴼⴰⵔ, plural řeqfařat, diminutive taqfeřt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قفل (qfal, “lock”).


jjib

rif-noun

jjib m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⵊⵉⴱ, plural rjbub, diminutive tjibbit)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جيب (jīb, “pocket”).


aharkus

rif-noun

aharkus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵀⴰⵔⴽⵓⵙ, plural iharkusen, feminine taharkust)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هركوس (harkūs).

bor+

shoe, dress shoe (typically from leather)


arqem

rif-noun

arqem m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵇⴻⵎ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رقم (raqm). Doublet of raqm (“number”)


aḥezzam

rif-noun

aḥezzam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴻⵣⵣⴰⵎ, plural iḥezzamen, diminutive taḥezzant)

iḥezzamen (plural)
taḥezzant (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حزام (ḥzām, “belt”).


txadent

rif-noun

txadent f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵅⴰⴷⴻⵏⵜ, plural tixudam)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خاتم (ḵātim, “ring”).


qutciya

rif-noun

qutciya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⵓⵜⵛⵉⵢⴰ, plural qutciyat)

Borrowed from Spanish cuchilla (“knife”).


fumaḍa

rif-noun

fumaḍa f (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵓⵎⴰⴹⴰ, plural fumaḍat)

Borrowed from French pommade (“ointment”).


řbit

rif-noun

řbit m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵉⵜ, plural řbyut, diminutive tbitešt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بيت (bīt, “room”).


řfuṭa

rif-noun

řfuṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⵓⵟⴰ, plural řfuṭat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فوطة (fūṭa, “towel”).


řemraḥ

rif-noun

řemraḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵔⴰⵃ, plural řemraḥat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مراح (mrāḥ, “courtyard”).


sseǧum

rif-noun

sseǧum m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⴵⵓⵎ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سلوم (sallūm, “ladder”).


řḥiḍ

rif-noun

řḥiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⵉⴹ, plural řḥyuḍ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حيط (ḥayṭ, ḥīṭ, “wall”).


tɣurfet

rif-noun

tɣurfet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵖⵓⵔⴼⴻⵜ, plural tiɣurfatin or tiɣurfawin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غرفة (ḡurfa).

bor+

upper room, floor (above the ground floor)


zzekrun

rif-noun

zzekrun m (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵣⴻⴽⵔⵓⵏ, plural zzekran)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زكرون (zakrūn, “bolt lock”).


řmeftaḥ

rif-noun

řmeftaḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⴼⵜⴰⵃ, plural řemfateḥ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مفتاح (muftāḥ, “key”).


malṭa

rif-noun

malṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵍⵟⴰ, plural malṭat)

Borrowed from Spanish manta (“blanket”). Compare Moroccan Arabic مانطة (mānṭa).


tameqyast

tameqyast f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵇⵢⴰⵙⵜ, plural timeqyasin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مقياس (maqyās).


taseddect

rif-noun

taseddect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴻⴷⴷⴻⵛⵜ, plural tiseddyin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سدة (sadda).


taxraṣt

rif-noun

taxraṣt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵅⵔⴰⵚⵜ, plural tixarṣin, feminine txurṣit)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خرصة (ḵurṣa)


aqiḍun

rif-noun

aqiḍun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⵉⴹⵓⵏ, plural iqiḍan, feminine taqiḍunt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قيطون (qīṭūn, qayṭūn, “tent”).


tsarut

rif-noun

tsarut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵙⴰⵔⵓⵜ, plural tisarutin)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵙⴰⵔⵓⵜ (tasarut, “key”), Kabyle tasarut (“key”) and Moroccan Arabic ساروت (sārūt, “key”).


ṣṣabun

tṣabunt (feminine singulative)
tiṣabunin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صابون (ṣābūn, “soap”)


aɛcuc

rif-noun

aɛcuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵛⵓⵛ, plural iɛicwen, feminine tɛiccewt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشوش (ʕšūš), plural of عشة (ʕušša, “thatched hut”).


ṭṭarbuc

rif-noun

ṭṭarbuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⴰⵔⴱⵓⵛ, plural iṭarbucen, diminutive taṭṭarbuct)

iṭarbucen (plural)
taṭṭarbuct (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طربوش (ṭarbūš, “fez”).


řkursi

rif-noun

řkursi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⵓⵔⵙⵉ, plural řkrasa)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كرسي (kursi, “chair”)


řmarfeɛ

rif-noun

řmarfeɛ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴰⵔⴼⴻⵄ, plural řmrafeɛ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مرفع (marfaʕ, “shelf”).


ṭṭabra

rif-noun

ṭṭabra f (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⴰⴱⵔⴰ, plural ṭṭabrat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طابلة (ṭābla, “table”), from Spanish tabla.


řqendiř

rif-noun

řqendiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴻⵏⴷⵉⵔ, plural řqnadeř, feminine taqenditc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قنديل (qandīl, “lamp”).


řmedwed

rif-noun

řmedwed m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⴷⵡⴻⴷ, plural řmedwad)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مدود (madwad, “trough”).


řyajur

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ياجور (yājūr, “bricks”).


jjarda

rif-noun

jjarda f (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⵊⴰⵔⴷⴰ, plural jjardat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جردة (jarda, “garden”).


tyajurt

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ياجورة (yājūra, “brick”).

singulative of ryajur (“bricks”): a brick


řɣiǧet

rif-noun

řɣiǧet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵖⵉⴵⴻⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غلة (ḡalla, “yield”).


řqews

rif-noun

řqews m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴻⵡⵙ, plural řqwas)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قوس (qaws).


řḥebb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حب (ḥabb, “grains”).


tcumɛett

rif-noun

tcumɛett f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵛⵓⵎⵄⴻⵜⵜ, plural ticumɛatin or ccmeɛ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شمعة (šamʕa, “candle”).


ddra

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic درة (dra, “corn”).


řɛirst

rif-noun

řɛirst m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⵉⵔⵙⵜ, plural řɛrasi)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عرصة (ʕarṣa, “garden”).


tanuwact

rif-noun

tanuwact f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⵓⵡⴰⵛⵜ, plural tinuwwacin, masculine anwac)


nnwar

tanewatc (feminine singulative)
tanewart (feminine singulative)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نوار (nuwwār, “flower”).


lbala

rif-noun

lbala f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵍⴰ, plural lbalat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بالة (bāla, “shovel”), from Spanish pala (“shovel”).


arrbiɛ

rif-noun

arrbiɛ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⴱⵉⵄ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ربيع (rbīʕ).


anwac

rif-noun

anwac m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵡⴰⵛ, plural inuwac, diminutive tanuwact)


řfarɛ

řfarɛ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⴰⵔⵄ, plural řfruɛ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فرع (farʕ, “branch”).


taḥnact

rif-noun

taḥnact f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵃⵏⴰⵛⵜ, plural tiḥnayin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حنية (ḥniyya, “arch”).


abennay

rif-noun

abennay m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵏⵏⴰⵢ, plural ibennayen, feminine tabennayt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بناي (bannāy, “mason”).


asqif

rif-noun

asqif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵇⵉⴼ, plural isqifen or iseqfan, feminine tasqift)

isqifen (plural)
iseqfan (plural)
tasqift (feminine)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سقف (sqaf, “roof”).


tabḥirt

rif-noun

tabḥirt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⵃⵉⵔⵜ, plural tibeḥar)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بحيرة (bḥīra, “vegetable garden”).


aqwir

rif-noun

aqwir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⵡⵉⵔ, plural iqwiren)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قور (qwar).


afeǧaḥ

rif-noun

afeǧaḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⴵⴰⵃ, plural ifeǧaḥen, feminine tafeǧaḥt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فلاح (fallāḥ, “farmer”).


taḥebbuct

rif-noun

taḥebbuct f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵃⴻⴱⴱⵓⵛⵜ, plural tiḥabba or řḥebb)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حبة (ḥabba, “grain”).

bor+

(by extension) any small spherical object


ṭṭaba

rif-noun

ṭṭaba m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⴰⴱⴰ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طابة (ṭāba, “tobacco”).


ssebsi

rif-noun

ssebsi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⴱⵙⵉ, plural ssbasa)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سبسي (sabsi).


řbeǧuḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلوط (ballūṭ, “acorns”).


tanewatc

rif-noun

tanewatc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⴻⵡⴰⵜⵛ, plural tinewarin or nnwar)

bor+

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نوار (nuwwār, “flower”)


tawriqt

rif-noun

tawriqt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⵔⵉⵇⵜ, plural tiwriqin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ورقة (warqa).


tayda

rif-noun

tayda f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⴷⴰ, plural taydawin or tiydiwin)


tabeǧuṭ

tabeǧuṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⴻⴵⵓⵟ, plural tibeǧuḍin or rbeǧuḍ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلوطة (ballūṭa, “acorn”).


aḥfur

rif-noun

aḥfur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴼⵓⵔ, plural iḥufar, diminutive taḥfurt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حفرة (ḥufra, “hole”).


talimunt

rif-noun

talimunt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵍⵉⵎⵓⵏⵜ, plural llaymun)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ليمونة (līmūna, “lemon”).


llaymun

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ليمون (līmun, laymūn, “lemon”).


lbanan

tabanant (feminine singulative)
tibananin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بنان (banān, “banana”).


lleccin

taleccint (feminine singulative)
tileccinin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic لتشين (litšīn, “orange”).


řemqess

rif-noun

řemqess m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵇⴻⵙⵙ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مقص (mqaṣṣ).


tabanant

rif-noun

tabanant f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⴰⵏⴰⵏⵜ, plural tibananin or lbanan)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بنانة (banāna, “banana”).


řmaṣṣet

rif-noun

řmaṣṣet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴰⵚⵚⴻⵜ, plural řmaṣṣat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ماصة (māṣṣa, “sledgehammer”).


řxedmet

rif-noun

řxedmet m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵅⴻⴷⵎⴻⵜ, plural řexdaym or tixeddimin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خدمة (ḵadma).


řmencar

rif-noun

řmencar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⵏⵛⴰⵔ, plural řemnacar or řmencarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic منشار (munšār, manšār).


sseřsetc

rif-noun

sseřsetc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⵔⵙⴻⵜⵛ, plural ssřaseř, diminutive tiseřsitc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سنسلة (sansla).


ccaqur

rif-noun

ccaqur m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵛⴰⵇⵓⵔ, plural ccwaqar, diminutive tcaqurt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شاقور (šāqūr, “hatchet”), from Spanish segur (“axe”).


nnuqart

rif-noun

nnuqart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⵓⵇⴰⵔⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نقرة (nuqra, “silver”).


nnḥas

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نحاس (nḥās, “copper”).


taxedmect

rif-noun

taxedmect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵅⴻⴷⵎⴻⵛⵜ, plural tixedmeyyin, masculine axedmi)


ddsaq

ddsaq m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵙⴰⵇ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic لصاق (lṣāq, “glue”).


zzaj

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زاج (zāj, “glass”).


řexfif

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خفيف (ḵfīf, “lead”).


axedmi

rif-noun

axedmi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⴻⴷⵎⵉ, plural ixedmiyen, diminutive taxedmect)

ixedmiyen (plural)
taxedmect (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خدمي (ḵadmi).


amesmir

rif-noun

amesmir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙⵎⵉⵔ, plural imesmaren, feminine tamesmirt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مسمار (masmār, musmār, “nail”).


taleccint

rif-noun

taleccint f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵍⴻⵛⵛⵉⵏⵜ, plural tileccinin or lleccin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic لتشينة (litšīna, “orange”).


aqbub

rif-noun

aqbub m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴱⵓⴱ, plural iqbuben)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قب (qubb, “bucket, wooden pail”).


aqedduḥ

rif-noun

aqedduḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⴷⴷⵓⵃ, plural iqedduḥen, diminutive taqedduḥt)

iqedduḥen (plural)
taqedduḥt (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قدح (qdaḥ, “small container”).


aqeddar

rif-noun

aqeddar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⴷⴷⴰⵔ, plural iqeddaren, feminine taqeddart)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قدرة (qudra, “cooking pot”).


anejjar

rif-noun

anejjar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴻⵊⵊⴰⵔ, plural inejjaren, feminine tanejjart)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نجار (najjār).


tazarbect

rif-noun

tazarbect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⴰⵔⴱⴻⵛⵜ, plural tizarbiyyin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زربية (zarbiyya, “carpet, rug”).


řqendart

rif-noun

řqendart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴻⵏⴷⴰⵔⵜ, plural řeqnadar)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قنطرة (qanṭra).


řmqeddaf

rif-noun

řmqeddaf m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⵇⴻⴷⴷⴰⴼ, plural řmqadef)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مقداف (maqdāf).


ssbaɣet

rif-noun

ssbaɣet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴱⴰⵖⴻⵜ, plural ssbaɣat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صباغة (ṣbaḡa).


fluka

rif-noun

fluka m (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵍⵓⴽⴰ, plural flayk)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فلوكة (flūka).


bulanti

rif-noun

bulanti m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵍⴰⵏⵜⵉ, plural tibulatin)

Borrowed from Spanish volante (“steering wheel”). Doublet of tabulat.


řeqřeɛ

rif-noun

řeqřeɛ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵇⵔⴻⵄ, plural řeqřuɛa)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قلع (qlaʕ).


tajarrart

rif-noun

tajarrart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵊⴰⵔⵔⴰⵔⵜ, plural tijarrarin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جرارة (jarrāra).


tabulat

rif-noun

tabulat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⵓⵍⴰⵜ, plural tibulatin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ڤولة (vūla, “steering wheel”), from French volant. Doublet of bulanti.


řefrus

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فلوس (flūs, “money”).


řḥajet

rif-noun

řḥajet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴰⵊⴻⵜ, plural řḥwayej)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حاجة (ḥāja).


ṣṣarf

rif-noun

ṣṣarf m (Tifinagh spelling ⵚⵚⴰⵔⴼ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صرف (ṣarf).


amesɛi

rif-noun

amesɛi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙⵄⵉ, plural imesɛan, feminine tamesɛect)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سعاي (saʕʕāy, “beggar”).


řeḥsab

rif-noun

řeḥsab m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵃⵙⴰⴱ, plural řḥsabat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حساب (ḥsāb).


ssuq

rif-noun

ssuq m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⵓⵇ, plural rswaq, diminutive taswiqt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سوق (sūq).


tḥanut

tḥanut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵃⴰⵏⵓⵜ, plural tiḥuna)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حانوت (ḥānūt).


ttaman

rif-noun

ttaman m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⴰⵎⴰⵏ, plural ttwamen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تمن (taman), from Arabic ثَمَن (ṯaman).


řweṣt

rif-noun

řweṣt m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵡⴻⵚⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic وسط (wasṭ).


ccarq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شرق (šarq, “east”).


ccamal

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شمال (šamāl, “north”).


ljanub

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جنوب (janūb, “south”).


řɣarb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غرب (ḡarb, “west”).


aṭijari

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تجاري (tijāri, “commercial”).


amcan

rif-noun

amcan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵛⴰⵏ, plural imucan)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مكان (mkān).


murebbeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مربع (murabbaʕ, “square”).


ziru

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زيرو (zīru), from French zéro.


tisennart

rif-noun

tisennart f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵙⴻⵏⵏⴰⵔⵜ, plural tisennarin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صنارة (ṣannāra, “hook”).


ahimuř

rif-noun

ahimuř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵀⵉⵎⵓⵔ, plural ihimuřen)


akruci

akruci m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⵔⵓⵛⵉ, plural ikruciyyen)


tacurt

tacurt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵛⵓⵔⵜ, plural ticurin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كورة (kūra).


tiyuya

rif-noun

tiyuya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵢⵓⵢⴰ, plural tiyuyawin)

Unclear intermediary but ultimately from Latin iugum (“yoke, pair”).


acarriḍ

acarriḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴰⵔⵔⵉⴹ, plural icarriḍen, feminine tacarriṭ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شريط (šrīṭ).


řweqt

rif-noun

řweqt m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵡⴻⵇⵜ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic وقت (waqt).


řqedd

rif-noun

řqedd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴻⴷⴷ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قد (qadd).


nnhar

nnhar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⵀⴰⵔ, dual yumayen, plural iyyam or nnhura)

yumayen (dual)
iyyam (plural)
nnhura (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نهار (nhār).


ǧiřet

rif-noun

ǧiřet f (Tifinagh spelling ⴵⵉⵔⴻⵜ, plural ǧyaři)

From earlier llilet, borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ليلة (līla).


ṣṣbeḥ

ṣṣbeḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵚⵚⴱⴻⵃ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صباح (ṣbāḥ).


řefjar

rif-noun

řefjar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⴼⵊⴰⵔ, plural rfjura)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فجر (fjar).


chrayn

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شهرين (šahrayn).


dqiqet

rif-noun

dqiqet f (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵇⵉⵇⴻⵜ, plural dqiqat or dqayeq)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دقيقة (dqīqa).


tminut

rif-noun

tminut m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵎⵉⵏⵓⵜ, plural minut)


řmecta

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مشتى (mašta, “winter residence”).


řexrif

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خريف (ḵrīf).


tsaɛett

rif-noun

tsaɛett f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵙⴰⵄⴻⵜⵜ, plural tisaɛɛatin or swayeɛ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ساعة (sāʕa).


arruḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic روح (rūḥ).


řḥess

rif-noun

řḥess m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴻⵙⵙ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حس (ḥass, “sound”).


aɛecci

rif-noun

aɛecci m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⵛⵛⵉ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشا (ʕšā).


lxaṭar

lxaṭar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵅⴰⵟⴰⵔ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خطر (ḵaṭar).


sseɛd

rif-noun

sseɛd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⵄⴷ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سعد (saʕd).


řeḥzen

rif-noun

řeḥzen m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵃⵣⴻⵏ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حزن (ḥuzn, ḥazn).


jjenn

rif-noun

jjenn m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⵊⴻⵏⵏ, plural jjnun)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جن (jann).


řeḥsad

řeḥsad m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵃⵙⴰⴷ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حسد (ḥsad).


řeḥriq

rif-noun

řeḥriq m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵃⵔⵉⵇ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حريق (ḥrīq).


jjnun

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جنون (jnūn).


ccwarti

rif-noun

ccwarti m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵛⵡⴰⵔⵜⵉ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Spanish suerte (“luck”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سويرتي (swīrti).


řxaḍar

řxaḍar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵅⴰⴹⴰⵔ, plural řxwaḍar)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خاطر (ḵāṭar).


řeɣrur

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غرور (ḡrūr).


řeɣřeḍ

rif-noun

řeɣřeḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵖⵔⴻⴹ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غلط (ḡalaṭ).


lmuɛellim

rif-noun

lmuɛellim m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵎⵓⵄⴻⵍⵍⵉⵎ, plural lmuɛellimat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic معلم (muʕallim).