asarag

Tashelhit

آساراڭ (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• asarig, israg

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber

Medieval Tashelhit آسَارَاكْ (asarag)

Tashelhit asarag

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit آسَارَاكْ (asarag, “courtyard, paddock”), from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber saray (“patio”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asaraɡ/

Noun

asarag m (plural isaragn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴰⵔⴰⴳ, Arabic spelling آساراڭ)

2. yard, courtyard, patio
3. square (open space in a village or a town)
4. sheepfold
5. stable

Inflection

Inflection of asarag

	singular	plural
free state	asarag	isaragn
annexed state	usarag	isaragn

See also

• afrag (“enclosure”)
• aḍwwar (“village”)
• aḥanu (“room”)
• tigmmi (“house”)

References

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