argaz

Ghomara

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *r-g-zdeverb.

Proto-Berber *a-răgaz

Ghomara argaz

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Iɛraben) IPA^(key): [ɛɾɡɛz]

Noun

argaz m (plural irgazen)

1. man; husband

Inflection

Inflection of argaz

	singular	plural
free state	argaz	irgazen
annexed state	urgaz	irgazen

References

• Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎^[1], Leiden

Kabyle

Root
r-g-z
1 term

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *r-g-zdeverb.

Proto-Berber *a-răgaz

Kabyle argaz

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arɡaz/

Noun

argaz m (plural irgazen, feminine equivalent targazt)

1. man; husband

Inflection

Inflection of argaz

	singular	plural
free state	argaz	irgazen
annexed state	wergaz	yergazen

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[2], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Senhaja de Srair

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arɡaz/

Noun

argaz m (plural irgazen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ)

1. Western form of aryaz

Declension

Inflection of argaz

	singular	plural
free state	argaz	irgazen
annexed state	urgaz	irgazen

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[3], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[4], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Noun

argaz m (plural irgazen, feminine equivalent targazt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ)

1. alternative form of aryaz

Declension

Inflection of argaz

	singular	plural
free state	argaz	irgazen
annexed state	wergaz	yirgazen

Tashelhit

يان ورڭاز غ تعورّما نّس.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *r-g-zdeverb.

Proto-Berber *a-răgaz

Tashelhit argaz

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”), deverbal from *r-g-z (“to walk”). Cognate with Tarifit aryaz (“man”), and Zenaga ärägäẕ̌ (“man, individual”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arɡaz/

Noun

argaz m (plural irgazn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ, Arabic spelling آرڭاز)

1. man (adult male human), husband

   Synonym: arjli

   لّان يرڭازن غ تڭمّي. ― llan irgazn ġ tgmmi. ― the men are in the house.

   آرڭاز ينو ايا. ― argaz inu aya. ― this is my husband.

Inflection

Inflection of argaz

	singular	plural
free state	argaz	irgazn
annexed state	urgaz	irgazn

Derived terms

• argaz n dar uḍar (“messenger”)
• irgazn n id matsn (“stepfathers”)
• tirrugza (“virility, manhood”)

See also

• afgan (“human”)
• afrux (“boy”)
• amɣar (“chieftain”)
• tamɣart (“woman”)
• zzigz (“to walk”)

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 382b