iger

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

• iyer (Hmed)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-agăr (“field”). The most likely ultimate source is Latin ager (“field”), though inheritance from Proto-Afroasiatic cannot be ruled out. Compare Akkadian ugārum (arable land, meadow), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎂𐎗 (ủgr, “field, soil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡər/

Noun

iger m (plural igran, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴳⴻⵔ) (Hmed, Ketama, Taghzut)

1. field

Synonyms: amerjaɛ (Bunsar, Seddat, Zerqet), taḥuwiṭ (Bunsar, Zerqet), tarqiɛet (Ketama, Taghzut), leɛraṣi (Bunsar, Zerqet), tafrast (Bunsar, Zerqet), feddan (Seddat)

See also

• afras (“large field”)
• (Bunsar, Taghzut) lḥawed (“large field”)

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎, retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎, Paris, France: HAL