atbir

Tashelhit

آتبير (sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *a-tăber

Medieval Tashelhit اَتْبِيرْ (atbir)

Tashelhit atbir

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَتْبِيرْ (atbir), from Proto-Berber *a-tăber (“pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atbir/

Noun

atbir m (plural itbirn, feminine equivalent tatbirt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵜⴱⵉⵔ, Arabic spelling آتبير)

2. pigeon
4. (figurative, poetic) lover

Inflection

Inflection of atbir

	singular	plural
free state	atbir	itbirn
annexed state	utbir	itbirn

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 488