بربری

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From بر (bir, “one”).

Pronoun

بربری • (birbiri)

each other

Descendants

Turkish: birbiri

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɛɾ.bɛ.ˈɾi]

Adjective

بربری • (berberi)

Berber
Barbary …

Noun

بربری • (berberi)

Berber (person)
somebody from the Barbary

Descendants

Turkish: Berberi

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بربری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 353

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬍𐬔 (barbarīg, “barbarian; African”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bắrbăros). Equivalent to (barbar, “Barbary”) +‎ (-i). For the sense "Berber", presumably a semantic loan from Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾ.ba.ˈɾiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.bæ.ɹíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	barbarī
Dari reading^?	barbarī
Iranian reading^?	barbari
Tajik reading^?	barbari

Noun

بربری • (barbari)

Berber
barbarian; savage
- 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎^[2]:
  گوئی که تاتاری
  در انتهای چشمانش
  پیوسته در کمین سواریست
  گوئی که بربری
  در برق پر طراوت دندانهایش
  مجذوب خون گرم شکاریست
  guyi ke tâtâri
  dar entehâ-ye čašmân-aš
  peyvaste dar kamin-e savâri-st
  guyi ke barbari
  dar barq-e por tarâvat-e dandânhâ-yaš
  majzub-e xun-e garm-e šekâri-st
  As if a Tartar
  Is always waiting to ambush a horseman
  In the extremities of his eyes
  As if a savage
  Is ecstasied by the prey's warm blood
  In the lustrous lightning of his teeth
(offensive) Hazara (ethnic group in central Afghanistan)
short for (nân-e barbari, Persian flatbread)

Adjective

بربری • (barbari)

Berber
barbarian; crude; savage