Tuareg

//ˈtwɑɹ.ɛɡ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a traditionally nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
  2. 2
    the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various Berber languages spoken by the Tuareg people.

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englishimohaghlanguagetamajaqwriting system

Example

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"Berber is divided into many dialects, including Kabyle, Shawi, Riffian, and Tuareg."

Etymology

From Hassaniya Arabic طوارق (ṭwāreg), plural of طارق (ṭāreg, “inhabitant of Fezzan”), from Berber targa (“Fezzan”, literally “drainage channel”).

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