ايت
English translation: Ait (people of)
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Ayat ; Sir? Explanation: آيت الله العظمی حاج سيد علی حسينی سيستانی ... It is from Farsi and mostly used in combination with names of some Muslim leaders It is the only thing I found on the internet and it does not seem Moroccon at all |
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Ait Explanation: Ait is a name. Here is an example: http://www.practicalpainting.com/Articles/Interviews/Soufian... "Soufiane Ait Ben Hmad is a self-taught painter from the Southern Moroccan city of Taroudant...." |
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30 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2Ait (people of) Explanation: The Berber word Ait means 'people of, which could refer to location rather than descent; it came to have the latter meaning, influenced by the Arabic word "Banu"... books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0521455995... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2008-03-31 21:44:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The above is from "A History of African Societies to 1870" by Elizabeth Isichei |
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