igidi

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• igidu, igudi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *a-ǵăʔdəʔ

Proto-Berber *e-ǵăʔdəʔ

Medieval Tashelhit [script needed] (igidi)

Tashelhit igidi

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit [script needed] (igidi), from Proto-Berber *e-ǵăʔdəʔ (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡidi/

Noun

igidi m (plural igadn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴳⵉⴷⵉ, Arabic spelling ايڭيدي)

1. sand

   Synonym: amlal

Inflection

Inflection of igidi

	singular	plural
free state	igidi	igadn
annexed state	igidi	igadn

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