berbere

From Amharic በርበሬ (bärbäre) and/or Tigrinya በርበረ (bärbärä).

• IPA^(key): /bɛɚˈbɛɚ.ɹeɪ/,[1] /bɛɚ.bɛɚ.ɹi/ or IPA^(key): /bɝˈbɝ.ɹeɪ/, /bɝˈbɝ.ɹi/, /bɝˈbɝ.ɹə/[2]

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berbere (uncountable)

1. A spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, and other spices, which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
   • 1939, Ferdinando Quaranta di San Severino, Ethiopia, an empire in the making, page 16:

     Food in Ethiopia is always seasoned with berberè, a kind of pimiento.

   • 1958, The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics and African Child Health:

     Wat is a sauce composed of legumes, including horsebeans, chickpeas, kidneybeans, and lentils pounded to a flour, and mixed with spices. First berbere (red pepper) is dried and ground, then mixed with onions and butter, thus forming a thick cream.

   • 1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.

• berbere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

berbere

1. feminine plural of berbero

berbere m

1. indefinite plural of berber

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), probably from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros, “foreign”). Doublet of bárbaro and brabo.

berbere m or f by sense (plural berberes)

1. Berber (member of northwest African ethnic group)

berbere m (uncountable)

1. Berber (a group of closely related languages)