Berber

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːbə/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝ.bɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)

Berber (plural Berbers or Berber)

1. (potentially offensive, occasionally proscribed) A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
2. (plural only "Berbers") A kind of traditional rug manufactured by the Berber people.
   • 2009, Jean Nayar, Staged to Sell (or Keep) (page 55)

     Berbers are the best example of looped carpet […]

The first sense of the term may be considered offensive. Much like the term Galla, the term “Berber” is an exonym, with “Amazigh” being preferred in most cases.

• Imazighen pl (singular: Amazigh)

Berber

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

• Proto-Berber

• Category:English terms derived from Berber languages
• Category:Berber languages

Berber (not comparable)

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

• Berberophone

• Names of the Berber people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-5 code ber [1]

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.bər/

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• Hyphenation: Ber‧ber

Berber m (plural Berbers)

1. Berber, Berber person

• Berbers

Berber n

1. Berber, Berber languages

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrbər/, [ˈbɛʁ.bɐ], [ˈbɛɐ̯-]

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Borrowed from French berbère, from Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek”). Doublet of Barbar.

Berber m (strong, genitive Berbers, plural Berber, feminine Berberin)

1. Berber person

• berberisch
• Berbersprache

Berber m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Berbers or (with an article) Berber, feminine genitive Berber, plural Berbers or Berber)

1. a surname

• IPA^(key): /běrber/
• Hyphenation: Ber‧ber

Bèrber m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрбер)

1. Berber (member of the Berber ethnic group)

• bèrberskī
• Bèrbērka