Editing Tuareg people (section)

==Names==
The origins and meanings of the name ''Tuareg'' have long been debated. It would appear that ''Twārəg'' is derived from the [[broken plural]] of ''Tārgi'', a name whose former meaning was "inhabitant of ''Targa''", the Tuareg name of the [[Libya]]n region commonly known as [[Fezzan]]. ''Targa'' in Berber means "(drainage) channel".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ghoubeid|first1=Alojaly|title=Dictionnaire touareg-français|date=2003|publisher=Museum Tusculanum|isbn=978-87-7289-844-5|page=656|language=fr}}</ref> Another theory is that Tuareg is derived from ''Tuwariq'', the plural of the Arabic exonym ''Tariqi''.<ref name="Shoup">{{cite book|last1=Shoup|first1=John A. III|title=Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East|date=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1598843637|page=295|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GN5yv3-U6goC&pg=PA295|access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>

The term for a Tuareg man is ''Amajagh'' (variants: ''Amashegh'', ''Amahagh''), the term for a woman ''Tamajaq'' (variants: ''Tamasheq'', ''Tamahaq'', ''Timajaghen''). Spellings of the appellation vary by Tuareg dialect. They all reflect the same linguistic root, expressing the notion of "freemen". As such, the endonym strictly refers only to the Tuareg [[nobility]], not the artisanal client castes and the slaves.<ref>Hourst, pp. 200–201.</ref> Two other Tuareg self-designations are ''Kel Tamasheq'', meaning "speakers of [[Tuareg languages|Tamasheq]]", and ''Kel Tagelmust'', meaning "veiled people" in allusion to the [[tagelmust]] garment that is traditionally worn by Tuareg men.<ref name="Shoup"/>

The [[English language|English]] exonym "Blue People" is similarly derived from the [[indigo]] color of the tagelmust veils and other clothing, which sometimes stains the skin underneath giving it a blueish tint.<ref name="GearonEamonn">Gearon, Eamonn, (2011) ''The Sahara: A Cultural History'' Oxford University Press, p. 239</ref> Another term for the Tuareg is ''Imuhagh'' or ''Imushagh'', a cognate to the northern Berber self-name ''Imazighen''.<ref name="Minahan418">{{cite book|last=James B. Minahan|title=Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGClDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA418|year=2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-954-9|page=418}}</ref>