Berber

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

berbère

Berbère

berbèr

Amazigh

tifinagh

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbɜːbə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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

Phrases

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

La prospérité de Carthage a favorisé la croissance des royaumes berbères, de la Numidia et de la Maurétanie.