azeǧif

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• azellif — Eastern Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زليف (zallīf, “roasted animal's head”), from Turkish zülüf.

Noun

azeǧif m (plural izeǧifen or izeǧaf, diminutive tazeǧift, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⴵⵉⴼ)

1. (anatomy) head

   Synonyms: aqiyyuɛ, ixf

2. brain

   Synonyms: aǧi, řmuxx, ameřɣiɣ, ddamux

3. mind

   Synonyms: řmuxx, řeɛqeř, guggu

4. reason, common sense

   Synonyms: aǧi, řmuxx, guggu, amiyyez, array, řeɛqeř

5. summit, peak (of a mountain)

   Synonyms: ixf, tqiccat, řeɛři, rrageb, ssefq, aqwa

6. (botany) a bud of a plant

   Synonym: uř

7. (botany) capsule

Declension

Inflection of azeǧif

	singular	plural
free state	azeǧif	izeǧifen
annexed state	uzeǧif	yizeǧifen

References

• Tarifit vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.