tarya

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Tarifit

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Irrigation ditch in Tafersit, Morocco.

Alternative forms

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  • targaWestern Tarifit

Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin rigo (to lead, to irrigate). Cognate with Tachawit targa (irrigation ditch).

Noun

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tarya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵢⴰ, plural taryiwin)

  1. irrigation ditch
  2. (agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil)

Declension

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