Etymology

Senhaja de Srair

Today it means: A Berber language spoken by the Senhaja Berbers of northern Morocco. Full definition →

French Senhaja de Sraïr ← Moroccan Arabic صنهاجة دالسراير
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  1. Moroccan Arabic · derived fromصنهاجة دالسراير“Senhaja of Srair”
  2. French · borrowed fromSenhaja de Sraïr
  3. English todaySenhaja de Srair

From French Senhaja de Sraïr, from Moroccan Arabic صنهاجة دالسراير (ṣanhāja d-es-srāyir, “Senhaja of Srair”), with the Moroccan Arabic linker د (d, “of”) reinterpreted as French de through phono-semantic reanalysis.

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