idikl

Tashelhit

ايديكل

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *e-dekăl. Cognate with Kabyle idikel and Zenaga ədīgiy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /idikl/

Noun

idikl m (plural idakaln or idakln, feminine equivalent tidiklt, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴷⵉⴽⵍ, Arabic spelling ايديكل)

1. (anatomy) palm
2. (euphemistic, plural only) curse
3. (Judeo-Berber) applause

Inflection

Inflection of idikl

	singular	plural
free state	idikl	idakaln, idakln
annexed state	idikl	idakaln, idakln

See also

• afus (“hand”)
• aḍaḍ (“finger”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 F–L (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN