Where does “bḍa” come from?

bḍa (Tarifit) comes from Arabic بدا, from Arabic بَدَأَ — to begin.

bḍa (Tarifit): to divide, to share

Definitions

  1. to divide, to share

Ancestry of “bḍa”, step by step

bḍa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بدا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبداto appear
2Arabicبَدَأَto begin

via Proto-Berber *əβḍu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Berber*əβḍuto be divided, to divide

Words derived from “bḍa”

Every word from Arabic بَدَأَ →Every word from Arabic بدا →