middn

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• mddn

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit مِدَّن (middan, “people, humans”), from Proto-Berber *m-d-n.

Cognate with Tuareg meddăn, meddǝn (“men”), Senhaja de Srair, Ghomara, and Kabyle medden (“people”), Northern Saharan Berber middn (“people”), and Ghadames măddén (“people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midːn/

Noun

middn pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵉⴷⴷⵏ, Arabic spelling ميدّن)

1. people, humans

   Synonym: bnadm

   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.

See also

• afgan (“human”)
• amuddr (“animal”)
• tamazirt (“country”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1723a