Tachfine
تاشفينIn ArabicⵜⴰⵛⴼⵉⵏIn Tifinagh
- Meaning
- Almoravid-era Berber name (Yusuf ibn Tashfin); read as 'prosperous, fertile'
- About the name
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin (c. 1009 - c. 1106), the Sanhaja leader who ruled the Almoravid empire and co-founded Marrakesh, bore the name in 'ibn Tashfin'. Haddadou's lexicon reads Tacufin as 'prosperous, fertile', from a root meaning to swell.
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Amazigh
- Other spellings
- Tacfin, Tachfin, Tashfin, Tashfine