amaḍal

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Amazigh ⴰⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ (amaḍal, “world”), itself from Kabyle amaḍal (“world”), from Tuareg amăḍal (“soil,earth”), ultimately from Proto-Berber *m-ḍ-l (“to bury, to be buried”). Doublet of asmḍl and ismḍl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amadˤal/

Noun

amaḍal m (plural imaḍaln, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ, Arabic spelling آماضال)

world, universe
Synonym: ddunit

Inflection

Inflection of **amaḍal**
	singular	plural
free state	amaḍal	imaḍaln
construct state	umaḍal	imaḍaln

Derived terms

anmaḍal (“global”)

See also

akal (“earth”)
mḍl (“to bury”)
tamazirt (“country”)

References

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 249b