أقادير

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ⁧أَكَادِير⁩ (ʔagādīr), from a Berber language (compare Central Atlas Tamazight and Tashelhit ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ (agadir, “wall”)), ultimately from Punic ⁧𐤂𐤃𐤓⁩ (gdr /⁠gādīr⁠/, “wall”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ɡaːˈdiːr/

Proper noun

⁧أَقَادِير⁩ • (ʔagādīr) f

  1. Agadir (a city in Souss-Massa, Morocco)
    Alternative form: ⁧أَغَادير⁩ (ʔaḡādīr)
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