amɣar

Tarifit

Root
m-ɣ-r
4 terms

Alternative forms

• amɣaṛ

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *m-ɣ-rder.

Proto-Berber *a-mɣar

Tarifit amɣar

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-mɣar, from *m-ɣ-r (“to be old (of age)”).

Pronunciation

• (Iqeřɛiyen) IPA^(key): [ɑmˤʁɑˤː]

Noun

amɣar m (plural imɣaren, feminine equivalent tamɣart, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔ)

1. chieftain
2. father-in-law

   Synonym: aḍeggʷař

Inflection

Inflection of amɣar

	singular	plural
free state	amɣar	imɣaren
annexed state	wemɣar	yemɣaren

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Tashelhit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *m-ɣ-rder.

Proto-Berber *a-mɣar

Medieval Tashelhit اَمْغَرْ (amɣar)

Tashelhit amɣar

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَمْغَرْ (amɣar, “old man”), from Proto-Berber *a-mɣar (“old man, chieftain”), from *m-ɣ-r (“to be old (of age)”). Synchronically, from imɣur (“to be old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amɣar/

Noun

amɣar m (plural imɣarn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔ, Arabic spelling آمغار)

1. chief, chieftain

   Synonyms: amzwar, ixf

   آمغار يڭا كرايڭان تقبيلت يلّا ڭيد يان، ايڭان اشلحي، ايڭ و تقبيلت، آر اس يتخلّاص المخزن، نتّان اد يفرّان ميدّن.

   amġar iga kra igan taqbilt illa gid yan, igan ašlḥiy, ig u tqbilt, ar as ittxllaṣ lmxzn, nttan ad ifrran mddn.

   there is a chief in every tribe. He is Chleuh, from the tribe itself. The Makhzen pays him, and he settles disputes between people.

2. father-in-law

   Synonym: adggʷal

Inflection

Inflection of amɣar

	singular	plural
free state	amɣar	imɣarn
annexed state	umɣar	imɣarn

Derived terms

• amɣar n tuga (“pasture chief”)
• amɣar n wadan (“large intestine”)
• amɣar n waman (“irrigation water distributor”)
• amɣar n yiḍ (“night ogre”)
• imɣarn (“notables”)
• timmuɣra (“chiefdom”)

See also

• anflus (“tribal council”)
• argaz (“man”)
• tamɣart (“woman”)
• taqbilt (“tribe”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 272