Tafraout
| Tafraout Tafrawt / ⵜⴰⴼⵔⴰⵡⵜ | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
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  Tafraout Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 29°43′N 8°58′W / 29.717°N 8.967°W | |
| Country |
 Morocco |
| Region | Souss-Massa |
| Province | Tiznit Province |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 4,931 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) |
Tafraout (Shilha Berber: Tafrawt) is a town in Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco, in the central part of the Anti-Atlas mountains. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 4,931.[1]
Name and etymology
The basic meaning of the Shilha feminine noun tafrawt is "basin or cistern in which water drawn from a well is poured", with a derived meaning "valley".[2] The centre of the town of Tafraout is actually situated in a small valley, at the foot of Lkest mountain.
A single male inhabitant is called in Shilha u Tfrawt, plural ayt Tfrawt; a single female inhabitant is ult Tfrawt, plural ist Tfrawt.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
- ↑ See Laoust (1936:123) "bassin ; citerne où s'accumule l'eau tirée d'un puits ou amenée d'une source"; Destaing (1938:288) "vallée".
- ↑ Tfrawt is the annexed state of the noun Tafrawt; see the article Shilha language, section Prefixed nouns.
References
- Destaing, E. (1938). Etude sur la tachelḥît du Soûs. Vocabulaire français-berbère. Paris: Leroux.
- Laoust, E. (1936). Cours de berbère marocain. Dialectes du Sous du Haut et de l'Anti-Atlas. Deuxième édition revue et corrigée. Paris: Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales (first ed. Paris: Challamel, 1921).
Coordinates: 29°43′N 8°58′W / 29.717°N 8.967°W
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