tagant

Estonian

Etymology

Exessive of taga (“behind”).

Adverb

tagant (not comparable)

1. from the back, from behind

   Teda oli nurga tagant näha.

   You could see him from behind the corner.

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تكانت (tagant, “forest”), from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“forest”), possibly a verbal noun of Proto-Berber *ʔ-g-w (“to be empty”) (whence Tashelhit ugu (“to be empty”). Unrelated to gn (“to lie, to sleep”).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight tagant (“forest”), Tarifit taɣent (“forest”), Ghomara tagant (“bush, douma plant”), Zenaga gänä, taʔgänt, ägunnih (“forest, large forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡant/

Noun

tagant f (plural taganin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴳⴰⵏⵜ, Arabic spelling تاڭانت)

1. forest

   Synonym: lxla

   كّان اكُّ ميدّن تاڭانت، اورّيند، نتّان ا يغامان ڭيس.

   kkan akkʷ mddn tagant, urrin d, nttan a iġaman gis

   everyone went to the forest and came back, but he stayed there.

2. uninhabited place

   Synonym: lxla

Inflection

Inflection of tagant

	singular	plural
free state	tagant	taganin, tigina
annexed state	tagant	taganin, tigina

Derived terms

• agan (“vast forest”)
• aydi n tagant (“jackal”)
• bu tagant (“wild boar”)
• fk i tagant (“to wander”)
• iġʷyal n tagant (“wild donkeys”)
• timijja n tagant (“species of wild mint”)

See also

• akal (“earth”)
• argan (“argan”)
• lhwaych (“animals”)
• taddagt (“tree”)

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 2368a