Kabyle

[ kuh-bahyl ]

noun
  1. a member of a branch of the Berber people dwelling in NE Algeria.

  2. the Berber language spoken by the Kabyles.

Origin of Kabyle

1
1730–40; <Arabic qabā'il, plural of qabīlah tribe

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Kabyle

/ (kəˈbaɪl) /


noun
  1. plural -byles or -byle a member of a Berber people inhabiting the E Atlas Mountains in Tunisia and Algeria

  2. the dialect of Berber spoken by this people

Origin of Kabyle

1
C19: from Arabic qabā'il, plural of qabīlah tribe

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