Taklit
Feminine counterpart of the Kabyle name Akli, a word historically tied to servile status or dark skin that later settled into ordinary use as a personal name.
Meaning and origin
Taklit and its masculine counterpart Akli come from a root shared across Berber-speaking North Africa that once marked a person as enslaved, or, in some accounts, simply as dark-complexioned; the related Tuareg term…
How to pronounce Taklit
| English (US) | TAHK-lit /ˈtɑːklit/ |
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