Berber
English
noun
Definitions
- A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
Etymology
Derived from Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (Berber) derived from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (foreign, strange, non-Greek, barbarian, Barbarian, foreigner, non-Greek-speaking).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βάρβαρος
Gloss
foreign, strange, non-Greek, barbarian, Barbarian, foreigner, non-Greek-speaking
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Berberism English
- Berberophone English
- berberi Finnish
- berberikieli Finnish
- Barbara Latin
- barbaria Latin
- barbarus Latin
- Barbara Hungarian
- бербер Russian
- варвар Russian
- βάρβαρος Ancient Greek
- βαρβαρικός Ancient Greek
- barbar Norwegian Bokmål
- berber Norwegian Bokmål
- barbarzyniec Polish
- barbar Norwegian Nynorsk
- barbar Danish
- بربر Arabic
- بربري Arabic
- بَرْبَرِيّ Arabic
- barbar Serbo-Croatian
- βάρβαρος Greek (modern)
- 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- بربری Ottoman Turkish
- ბარბაროსი Georgian
- ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲟⲥ Coptic