Ait Seghrouchen
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The Ait Seghrouchen (Berber: Ayt Seɣruccen) are a Berber tribe of east-central Morocco. They are divided into two geographically separated groups, one on the south side of the Middle Atlas and one on the north side of the High Atlas. They speak a Zenati Berber dialect, Ait Seghrouchen Berber, sometimes grouped with Central Atlas Tamazight.
Etymology
[edit]The tribe gets its name from its patron saint, Sidi Ali ou Yahya, who "had petrified (seghr) the jackal (ushen)".[1]
Subdivisions
[edit]The Ait Seghrouchen are divided into 3 major sub-tribes:[2]
- Ait Seghrouchen of Sidi Ali also known as Ait Seghrouchen of Tichikout
- Ait Seghrouchen of Imouzzer
- Ait Seghrouchen of Talesinnt
References
[edit]- ^ Peyron, Michael (2020-10-29). The Berbers of Morocco: A History of Resistance. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-83860-046-4.
- ^ ʿAbd-al-Masīḥ, Ernest Taufīq (1971). A reference grammar of Tamazight: a comparative study of the Berber dialects of Ayt Ayache and Ayt Seghrouchen, [Middle Atlas Berber]. Ann Arbor, Mich: Univ. of Mich. pp. xiii. ISBN 978-0-932098-05-4.
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