amuddr

Tashelhit

يان ومودّر (“ya umuddr”)

Alternative forms

• amudr

Etymology

Etymology tree

Tuareg ăm-

Proto-Semitic *dwrder.

Proto-Berber *iwdir

Proto-Berber *idir

Tuareg ǝddǝr

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Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)sl.?

Tuareg ămudărlbor.

Moroccan Amazigh ⴰⵎⵓⴷⵔ (amudr)lbor.

Tashelhit amuddr

Learned borrowing from Moroccan Amazigh ⴰⵎⵓⴷⵔ (amudr, “animal”), itself a learned borrowing from Tuareg ămudăr (“living being, animal”). By surface analysis, am- +‎ ddr (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amudːr/

Noun

amuddr m (plural imuddar, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵓⴷⴷⵔ, Arabic spelling آمودّر)

1. (neologism) animal

   Synonym: lḥayawan

Inflection

Inflection of amuddr

	singular	plural
free state	amuddr	imuddar
annexed state	umuddr	imuddar

See also

• abxxuy (“insect”)
• afgan (“human”)
• agḍiḍ (“bird”)
• aydi (“dog”)
• lbhimt (“domestic animal”)
• lḥict (“wild animal”)

References

• Lahcen Oulhadj (2016), Amazigh dictionary : English Amazigh [Tachelhit]‎^[1], Rabat: ‎Fédération National des Associations Amazigh au Maroc, →ISBN, page 56a