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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Scripts مازيغ(Arabic) ⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ(Berber Tifinagh)
Other Forms FormsMazighi
Meaning & History
Derived from Arabic أَمَازِيغ (ʾamāzīḡ) the Arabic designation for the Berber (Amazigh) people of North Africa. The word itself is ultimately of Tamazight origin, from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (Amaziɣ) of disputed meaning; in modern Central Atlas Tamazight, it means “free-man”.