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Berber - 4 dictionary results

Ber⋅ber

[bur-ber]
–noun
1. a member of a group of North African tribes living in Barbary and the Sahara.
2. a subfamily of Afro-Asiatic, consisting of the languages of the Berbers, including Tuareg and Kabyle.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Berbers or their language.

Origin:
1835–45; < Ar barbar < Gk bárbaros; see barbarous
Ber·ber   (bûr'bər)   
n.  
  1. A member of a North African, primarily Muslim people living in settled or nomadic tribes from Morocco to Egypt.
  2. Any of the Afro-Asiatic languages of the Berbers.

[Arabic Barbar.]
Ber'ber adj.

Berber

Ber"ber\, n. [See Barbary.] A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.
Language Translation for : Berber
Spanish: barbero,
German: der Friseur,
Japanese: 床屋

Berber 
1842, from Arabic name for aboriginal people west and south of Egypt; perhaps ult. from Gk. Barbaros "barbarians" (see Barbary).
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