taddart

Kabyle

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ta-ddar-t. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ (taddart), Tarifit taddart and Tachawit taddarṭ.

Noun

taddart f (construct state teddart, plural tuddar or tudrin)

1. village

Inflection

Inflection of taddart

	singular	plural
free state	taddart	tuddar, tudrin
annexed state	teddart	tuddar, tudrin

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• tiddart, daddart

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-ddar-t. Comare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ (taddart), Kabyle taddart, Tachawit taddarṭ, Tunisian Berber tiddart (“house”) and Tashelhit taddart (“beehive”). By surface analysis, ddar +‎ t- -t.

Noun

taddart f (plural tudrin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ)

1. house

Inflection

Inflection of taddart

	singular	plural
free state	taddart	tudrin
annexed state	taddart	tudrin

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ta-ddar-t (“habitation, dwelling”), the verbal noun of Proto-Berber *idir (“to live”). Synchronically from ddr (“to live”).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ (taddart, “house, room”), Kabyle taddart (“village”), Nefusa taddârt (“house”), Tachawit taddarṭ (“house”), Tunisian Berber tiddart (“house”), and Tarifit taddart (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tadːart/

Noun

taddart f (plural taddarin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ, Arabic spelling تادّارت)

1. beehive

   Synonym: tayyirt

2. henhouse, coop

   Synonym: andaru

Inflection

Inflection of taddart

	singular	plural
free state	taddart	taddarin
annexed state	taddart	taddarin

Related terms

• addar (“stable”)
• afullus (“rooster”)
• takira (“wax”)
• tammnt (“honey”)
• tazzwit (“bee”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2344a