ddcayra

Tashelhit

تامدينت ن الدّشَيرة

Etymology

Etymology tree

Moroccan Arabic دشر (dšar)

Moroccan Arabic دشيرة (dšayra)bor.

Tashelhit ddcayra

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دشيرة (dšayra), diminutive of دشر (dšar, “village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dːʃajra/

Proper noun

ddcayra f (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵛⴰⵢⵔⴰ, Arabic spelling دّشايرا)

1. Dcheira El Jihadia (a city in Inezgane-Aït Melloul prefecture, Souss-Massa region, Morocco)

Related terms

• ddcr (“village”)

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