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berber

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbɜːbə/ (UK)
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/ˈbɜːbə/ (UK) · /ˈbɝ.bɚ/ (US)

Definition of berber

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to Western North Africa.
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noun

  1. A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to Western North Africa.
  2. A kind of traditional rug manufactured by the Berber people.
    “Berbers are the best example of looped carpet […]”

name

  1. A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.

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Etymology

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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