azeǧif
Tarifit
Alternative forms
- azellif — Eastern Tarifit
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زليف (zallīf, “roasted animal's head”), from Turkish zülüf.
Noun
azeǧif m (plural izeǧifen or izeǧaf, diminutive tazeǧift, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⴵⵉⴼ)
- (anatomy) head
- brain
- mind
- reason, common sense
- summit, peak (of a mountain)
- (botany) a bud of a plant
- Synonym: uř
- (botany) capsule
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | azeǧif | izeǧifen |
| construct state | uzeǧif | yizeǧifen |
References
- Tarifit vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.