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Berber
//ˈbɝ.bɚ// adj, name, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language. not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.
Noun
- 1 A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
- 2 a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco wordnet
- 3 A kind of traditional rug manufactured by the Berber people.
"Berbers are the best example of looped carpet […]"
- 4 a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech. Cognate of English barbarian.
Etymology 2
From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech. Cognate of English barbarian.
Etymology 3
From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech. Cognate of English barbarian.
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