tamdint

Kabyle

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā)bor.

Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna)

Algerian Arabic مدينة (mdīna)bor.

Kabyle tamdint

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic مدينة (mdīna), from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna), borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamdint/

Noun

tamdint f (plural timdinin)

1. city

Inflection

Inflection of tamdint

	singular	plural
free state	tamdint	timdinin
annexed state	temdint	temdinin

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• tandint

Etymology

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Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā)bor.

Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna)

Moroccan Arabic مدينة (mdīna)bor.

Tarifit tamdint

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مدينة (mdīna), from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna), borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā).

Noun

tamdint f (plural timdinin or tineddam, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ)

1. city

Declension

Inflection of tamdint

	singular	plural
free state	tamdint	tineddam
annexed state	tmdint	tneddam

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• lmdint

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā)bor.

Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna)

Moroccan Arabic مدينة (mdīna)bor.

Tashelhit tamdint

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مدينة (mdīna), from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna), borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamdint/

Noun

tamdint f (plural timdinin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ, Arabic spelling تامدينت)

1. city

   لّان ميدّن غيلاد ور اكُّ سول ران اد ساولن تاشلحيت غ تمدنيت.

   llan middn ġilad ur akkʷ sul ran ad sawln tašlḥit ġ tmdint.

   there are people now who no longer want to speak Tachelhit in the city.

2. (euphemistic) graveyard

   Synonym: asmḍl

Inflection

Inflection of tamdint

	singular	plural
free state	tamdint	timdinin
annexed state	tmdint	tmdinin,timdinin

Derived terms

• u tmdint (“city dweller, townsman”)

See also

• aḍwwar (“village”)
• tamazirt (“country”)
• tigmmi (“house”)

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 2466b