ayyur

Kabyle

Alternative forms

• aggur

Noun

ayyur m (construct state wayyur, plural ayyuren, plural construct state wayyuren)

1. moon

   Twalamt ayyur deg yigenni?

   Did you pl see the moon in the sky?

2. month

   Gezzmeɣ acebbub-iw yal ayyur.

   I get a haircut every month.

Tashelhit

آيّور

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايّور (ayyur, “moon, month”), from Proto-Berber *a-ʔyur (“moon, month”), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *y-r-ḥ (“moon, month”).

Cognates include Kabyle ayyur, aggur (“moon”), Zenaga äʔž(ž)ər (“moon”), Northern Saharan Berber and Tarifit yur (“new moon”), Sokna yūr (“month”), Ghadames ōyăr (“moon, lunar month”), Egyptian jꜥḥ (“moon”), and Proto-Semitic *warḫ- (“moon, month”) (whence Phoenician 𐤉𐤓𐤇 (yrḥ, “moon”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajːur/

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Noun

ayyur m (plural irn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵢⵓⵔ, Arabic spelling آيّور)

1. moon

   تيفاوت ن وايّور ار تسوفو. ― tifawt n wayyur ar tsufu. ― the moon shines.

2. month

   آود ي يدريمن اد اك ور كمّلن اورتا يلكم يخف ن وايّور.

   awd i idrimn ad ak ur kmmln ur ta ilkm ixf n wayyur.

   save your money so that it doesn't run out before the end of the month.

Inflection

Inflection of ayyur

	singular	plural
free state	ayyur	irn, iyyirn
annexed state	wayyur	yirn

Derived terms

• ayyur ikmmln (“full moon”)
• ayyur illuln (“new moon”)
• ayyur n ignwan (“Islamic calendar”)
• ayyur n igʷrramn (“Rajab”)
• ayyur n wakal (“Julian calendar”)
• ayyur n waḍan (“full lunar moon”)
• ayyur wuẓum (“Ramadan”)
• aṭṭan n wayyur (“lunar eclipse”)
• irn n wakal (“julian months”)
• lmɣibt n wayyur (“first and last quarter of the moon”)

See also

• akal (“earth”)
• akud (“time”)
• asggʷas (“year”)
• ass (“day”)
• ignna (“sky”)
• imalass (“weekend”)
• Innayr (“january”)
• itri (“star”)
• tafukt (“sun”)

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 541a