tenboctou

Updated: May 17, 2025

M. Jomard, Member of the French Institute, gives ‮تِيم٘بُك٘تُ‬ but says he does not think that this word when properly written contains the ‮ي‬. He thinks, however, we may be satisfied with the orthography of ‮تِم٘بُك٘تُ‬. And he adds, "I know that Batouta writes Tenboctou, n being used for m."

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846