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.

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 .