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See also: Appendix:Variations of "^"

ⴷ U+2D37, ⴷ TIFINAGH LETTER YAD ← ⴶ [U+2D36] Tifinagh ⴸ → [U+2D38]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jad/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

ⴷ (d)

1. A Tifinagh letter: the fifth letter of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Central Atlas Tamazight

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [əð]

Letter:

• IPA^(key): /jad/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [jæ̝ð]

Etymology 1

From the Moroccan Amazigh letter ⴷ (d).

Letter

ⴷ • (d)

1. yad, a Tifinagh letter, the fourth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Etymology 2

Verb

ⴷ • (d)

1. (copula) to be
2. attributive particle

Derived terms

• ⵓⵔⴷ (urd)

Etymology 3

Cognate with Kabyle d, Tuareg əd, Numidian [script needed] (D). Compare also Hausa da, Ngas da.

Conjunction

ⴷ • (d)

1. (only with nouns) and

Preposition

ⴷ • (d)

1. with (indicating company)
2. near (indicating proximity)

   Synonym: ⵇⵔⵔⴱ (qrrb)

Derived terms

• ⴷⴷⵓ ⴷ (ddu d)
• ⴷⴰⴷ (dad)
• ⴷⵉⵏ (din)

References

• Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973), Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎^[1], Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, pages 102 (with correction page 124), 104, 106

Moroccan Amazigh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from the Tuareg Tifinagh letter ⴷ (d), from the Libyco-Berber letter (d), from the Phoenician letter 𐤃‎ (d). Compare Ancient Greek Δ (D).

Letter

ⴷ (d)

1. yad, a Tifinagh letter, the fourth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

See also

• Neo-Tifinagh script letters: ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (iskkiln): ⴰ, ⴱ, ⴳ, ⴷ, ⴹ, ⴻ, ⴼ, ⴽ, ⵀ, ⵃ, ⵄ, ⵅ, ⵇ, ⵉ, ⵊ, ⵍ, ⵎ, ⵏ, ⵓ, ⵔ, ⵕ, ⵖ, ⵙ, ⵚ, ⵛ, ⵜ, ⵟ, ⵡ, ⵢ, ⵣ, ⵥ ^[edit]

References

• “ⴷ”, in Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe amazighe-français-arabe, online edition, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2022

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology 1

Particle

ⴷ (d) ?

1. Tifinagh spelling of d

Etymology 2

Preposition

ⴷ (d)

1. Tifinagh spelling of d