Berber

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Amazigh

Tifinagh

𐐒𐐲𐑉𐐺𐐲𐑉

Barbaresque

Translations

berber

berbère

berbere

Berbère

berbero

bereber

Berber

bérbere

Berbersprache

amazic

Berber

Berbers

بربري

beréber

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɜːbə/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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