Berber

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
2. A kind of traditional rug manufactured by the Berber people.

Name

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

Adj

Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.

Sinonieme

Amazigh

Tifinagh

𐐒𐐲𐑉𐐺𐐲𐑉

Barbaresque

Vertalings

berber

berbère

berbere

Berbère

berbero

bereber

Berber

bérbere

Berbersprache

amazic

Berber

Berbers

بربري

beréber

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbɜːbə/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech. Cognate of English barbarian.

Sinne

Carthage's prosperity fostered the growth of the Berber kingdoms , Numidia and Mauretania .