ⴱⵣⵣⴰⴼ

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بالزاف (bezzāf), from Arabic بِالْجُزَاف (bi-l-juzāf), ultimately from Persian گزاف (gazâf, “extravagant, excessive, exorbitant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bzzaf/
    • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA(key): [βəzːæ̝f]

Adverb

ⴱⵣⵣⴰⴼ • (bzzaf)

  1. many, much
    Synonym: ⴳⴳⵉⴷⵉ (ggidi)

See also

References
  • Penchoen, Thomas G. (1973) Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir (Afroasiatic dialects; 1)‎, Los Angeles: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 104
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