بربری

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From بر (bir, “one”).

Pronoun[edit]

بربری • (birbiri)

  1. each other
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: birbiri

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy).

بربری

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

بربری • (berberi)

  1. Berber
  2. Barbary …

Noun[edit]

بربری • (berberi)

  1. Berber (person)
  2. somebody from the Barbary

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Persian[edit]

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬍𐬔 (barbarīg, “barbarian; African”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros). Equivalent to بربر (barbar, “Barbary”) +‎ ی (-i). For the sense "Berber", presumably a semantic loan from Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? barbarī
Dari reading? barbarī
Iranian reading? barbari
Tajik reading? barbari

Noun[edit]

بربری • (barbari)

  1. Berber
  2. barbarian; savage
    • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎[2]:
      گوئی که تاتاری
      در انتهای چشمانش
      پیوسته در کمین سواریست
      گوئی که بربری
      در برق پر طراوت دندانهایش
      مجذوب خون گرم شکاریست
      guyi ke tâtâri
      dar entehâ-ye čašmân-aš
      peyvaste dar kamin-e savâri-st
      guyi ke barbari
      dar barq-e por tarâvat-e dandânhâ-yaš
      majzub-e xun-e garm-e šekâri-st
      As if a Tartar
      Is always waiting to ambush a horseman
      In the extremities of his eyes
      As if a savage
      Is ecstasied by the prey's warm blood
      In the lustrous lightning of his teeth
  3. (offensive) Hazara (ethnic group in central Afghanistan)
  4. Short for نان بربری (nân-e barbari, Persian flatbread).

Adjective[edit]

بربری • (barbari)

  1. Berber
  2. barbarian; crude; savage
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