amgraw

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• amgru, imgri

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *m-

Proto-Berber *-m-

Medieval Tashelhit اَمْـ (am-)

Tashelhit an-

Proto-Berber

Tashelhit gru

Tashelhit amgraw

From an- (nomen agentis prefix) + gru (“to gather, to glean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amɡraw/

Noun

amgraw m (plural imgrawn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴳⵔⴰⵡ, Arabic spelling آمڭراو)

1. gatherer, picker

Inflection

Inflection of amgraw

	singular	plural
free state	amgraw	imgrawn
annexed state	umgraw	imgrawn

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 271b