awraɣ

Tarifit

Root
w-r-ɣ
3 terms

Alternative forms

• awṛaɣ
• awrax, awṛax

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-wăraɣ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *waraḳ-.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɑwˤ.ɾˤɑʁ]
• Syllabification: aw‧raɣ
• Rhymes: -ɑʁ

Noun

awraɣ m (plural iwraɣen, feminine equivalent tawraɣt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ)

1. yellow, gold (color); yellow or golden object or being

Inflection

Inflection of awraɣ

	singular	plural
free state	awraɣ	iwraɣen
annexed state	wewraɣ	yewraɣen

Adjective

awraɣ (feminine tawraɣt, masculine plural iwraɣen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ)

1. yellow, yellowish, golden
2. pale

   Yiwḍ-ed ak ijj uɣembub d awraɣ. ― He arrived with a pale face.

Inflection

Inflection of awraɣ

	singular	plural
masculine	awraɣ	iwraɣen
feminine	tawraɣt	tiwraɣin

See also

Colors in Tarifit · kulurat (layout · text)

acemřař	adardac	abarrcan
azeggʷaɣ	aqehwi	awraɣ
	azeyza
		azeyza, aḥmaymi
aniři

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• awrraɣ, awriɣ

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *a-wăraɣ, the nominalized form of *wăraɣ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow”). Synchronically from iwriɣ (“to be yellow”).

Cognate with Proto-Semitic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow”), Egyptian jꜣqt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awraɣ/

Noun

awraɣ m (plural iwraɣn, feminine equivalent tawraɣt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ, Arabic spelling آوراغ)

1. yellow, gold
2. a type of fish without scales

Inflection

Inflection of awraɣ

	singular	plural
free state	awraɣ	iwraɣn
annexed state	uwraɣ	iwraɣn

Adjective

awraɣ (feminine tawraɣt, masculine plural iwraɣn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵖ, Arabic spelling آوراغ)

1. yellow, golden
2. pale

See also

• llun (“color”)
• umlil (“white”)
• urɣ (“gold”)

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, page 506b