بنادم

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic اِبْن آدَم (ibn ʔādam, literally “son of Adam”). By surface analysis, بن (bin) + آدم (ʔādam). Compare Maltese bniedem and South Levantine Arabic بني آدم (bani ʔādam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bnaː.dim/, /bnaː.dam/

Noun

بنادم • (bnādim, bnādam) m (plural بنادمية (bnādmiyya) or بنادمين (bnādmīn), feminine بنادمة (bnādma))

1. human being, person

   Synonym: إنسان (ʔinsān)

Descendants

• → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴱⵏⴰⴷⵎ (bnadm)
• → Tarifit: bnadem
• → Tashelhit: bnadm