tarya

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Tarifit[edit]

Irrigation ditch in Tafersit, Morocco.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • targaWestern Tarifit

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin rigo (to lead, to irrigate). Cognate with Tachawit targa (irrigation ditch).

Noun[edit]

tarya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵢⴰ, plural taryiwin)

  1. irrigation ditch
  2. (agriculture) furrow, channel (small trench cut in the soil)

Declension[edit]