afalku

Tashelhit

(sense 1)

(sense 2)

Alternative forms

• afrkun (“bird of prey”) — Baamran, afalkay (“falcon”) — Iḥaḥan
• اڢلكون (afelkun, “falcon”) — Medieval Tashelhit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin falx

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin falcōbor.

Proto-Berber

Tashelhit afalku

Inherited from Proto-Berber, borrowed from Latin falcō (“falcon”), from falx + -ō. Cognate with Tarifit fařcu (“eagle”) and Kabyle afalku (“bird of prey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afalku/

Noun

afalku m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵍⴽⵓ, Arabic spelling آفالكو)

2. hawk

   Synonym: lbaz

4. bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

Declension

Inflection of afalku

	singular	plural
free state	afalku	ifulka
annexed state	ufalku	ifulka

See also

• aswwan (“vulture”)
• igidr (“eagle”)
• lbaz (“hawk”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 90b