5 November 2026
Awal n wass · Word of the day
isem · noun
The Kabyle–English dictionary
Kabyle ⇄ English, both ways
Anelmad is a free dictionary of Kabyle (Taqbaylit) and English. Kabyle is an
Amazigh (Berber) language, one of the Tamazight languages, spoken in Kabylie,
Algeria, and by Kabyle communities around the world.
Look up a word in either direction: the dictionary has more than a thousand
entries, and new ones are added regularly.
Forms and examples
Each entry gives the part of speech, the plural and feminine forms and, for
many words, example sentences in both languages, so you can see how a word is
really used.
Example: izem (lion) →
Word families and word map
Kabyle words are built on roots. Anelmad groups the words that share a root
into a family, and the word map shows, branch by branch, how a word connects to
others.
Typing Kabyle letters
Kabyle is written in the Berber (Amazigh) Latin alphabet, with letters such as
ɛ, ɣ, č and ḍ. Tap the keys above the search box to type them: no special
keyboard needed.
Choose the direction under the search box: English–Kabyle or
Taqbaylit–Taglizit.