Kabyle

//kəˈbaɪl// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a Berber ethnic group inhabiting Algeria, speaking the Kabyle language.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to these people or their language.

    "Revisiting his native land that year, Albert Camus was horrified to find Kabyle children fighting with dogs for the contents of a rubbish bin."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Northern Berber language of the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic language family, spoken by over 3,000,000 people in Algeria; native name Taqbaylit.

Synonyms

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kabyliankabyliankabylian

Example

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"The original name of the Kabyle language is "Taqbaylit"."

Etymology

From Arabic قَبَائِل (qabāʔil, “tribes”), plural of قَبِيلَة (qabīla, “tribe”), perhaps via French kabyle.

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