tinzrt

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • tinzar, anxar, tinxar, tinzirt

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“nose, nostril”)

Compare Tuareg tenžărt (“nose”), Tarifit tinzar (“nose”), and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⴳⵏⵣⴰⵔ (tignzar, “nose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tinzrt/

Noun

tinzrt f (plural tinzar, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵏⵣⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تينزرت)

  1. nose, nostril
    tinzrt a tga imikk! timiwt ns tuf aqnḍar.
    and that nose is so small! no treasure is worth her eyebrow (lit. her eyebrow is worth more than a hundredweight).

Inflection

Inflection of tinzrt
singular plural
free state tinzrt tinzar
construct state tinzrt tnzar

Derived terms

  • tinzar (“nostrils, nose”)
  • tinzrt n takʷṭṭ (“eyelet”)

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2707a
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