Kabyle
/kəˈbaɪl/ adj, name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of a Berber ethnic group inhabiting Algeria, speaking the Kabyle language.
Adjective
- 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 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.
Example
More examples"The original name of the Kabyle language is "Taqbaylit"."
Etymology
From Arabic قَبَائِل (qabāʔil, “tribes”), plural of قَبِيلَة (qabīla, “tribe”), perhaps via French kabyle.