aryaz

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

• argaz (Western)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *r-g-zdeverb.

Proto-Berber *a-răgaz

Senhaja de Srair aryaz

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arjaz/

Noun

aryaz m (plural iryazen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵢⴰⵣ)

1. man; husband

   Antonym: tamɣart

   Ɛumar iwɣul d aryaz. ― Omar became a man.

Declension

Inflection of aryaz

	singular	plural
free state	aryaz	iryazen
annexed state	uryaz	iryazen

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• argaz — Western Tarifit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *r-g-zdeverb.

Proto-Berber *a-răgaz

Tarifit aryaz

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ærjæz/

Noun

aryaz m (plural iryazen, feminine equivalent taryazt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵢⴰⵣ)

1. man; husband

   Antonyms: tamɣart, tameṭṭut

Declension

Inflection of aryaz

	singular	plural
free state	aryaz	iryazen
annexed state	weryaz	yiryazen

See also

• awessar (“elderly man”)