Berber

== English == === Etymology === From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech. Cognate of English barbarian. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːbə/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbɝ.bɚ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bə(ɹ) === Noun === Berber (plural Berbers or Berber) (potentially offensive, occasionally proscribed) A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa. (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 […] ==== Usage notes ==== 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. ==== Synonyms ==== Imazighen pl (singular: Amazigh) ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Berber A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria. ==== Derived terms ==== Proto-Berber ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Category:English terms derived from Berber languages Category:Berber languages === Adjective === Berber (not comparable) Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Berberophone === Further reading === Names of the Berber people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ISO 639-5 code ber [1] == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛr.bər/ Hyphenation: Ber‧ber === Noun === Berber m (plural Berbers, no diminutive) Berber, Berber person ==== Derived terms ==== Berbers === Proper noun === Berber n Berber, Berber languages == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛrbər/, [ˈbɛʁ.bɐ], [ˈbɛɐ̯-] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French berbère, from Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek”). Doublet of Barbar. ==== Noun ==== Berber m (strong, genitive Berbers, plural Berber, feminine Berberin) Berber person ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== berberisch Berbersprache === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Berber m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Berbers or (with an article) Berber, feminine genitive Berber, plural Berbers or Berber) a surname == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /běrber/ Hyphenation: Ber‧ber === Noun === Bèrber m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрбер) Berber (member of the Berber ethnic group) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bèrberskī Bèrbērka