بربري

See also: تزبري and ثرثري

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of بَرْبَر (barbar, Berbers) + ـِيّ (-iyy), probably from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, non-Greek, foreign, barbarian), apparently imitative of foreign speech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bar.ba.rijj/

Adjective

بَرْبَرِيّ • (barbariyy) (feminine بَرْبَرِيَّة (barbariyya), masculine plural بَرْبَرِيُّونَ (barbariyyūna) or بَرَابِرَة (barābira), feminine plural بَرْبَرِيَّات (barbariyyāt))

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Berber
  2. uncivilized, wild
  3. animal, bestial, beastly, brutal, feral
  4. ruthless, savage, barbaric, barbarous
  5. inhumane, inhuman

Declension

Noun

بَرْبَرِيّ • (barbariyy) m, plural بَرْبَرِيُّون (barbariyyūn) or بَرَابِرَة (barābira), feminine بَرْبَرِيَّة (barbariyya)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Berber
  2. barbarian, savage
  3. ruffian

Declension

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