بربر

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See also: تربز, ثرثر, and تزبر

Arabic

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بَرْبَر

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros).

Noun

بَرْبَر (barbarm pl (collective, singulative بَرْبَرِيّ m (barbariyy))

  1. barbarians, beastly people
  2. Berbers
Declension

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

بَرْبَر (barbarm

  1. Berber (a city in Sudan)
Declension

Etymology 3

Template:ar-denominal verb of بَرْبَر (barbar).

Verb

بَرْبَرَ (barbara) Iq, non-past يُبَرْبِرُ‎ (yubarbiru)

  1. to barbarize
  2. to Berberize
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic

Verb

بَرْبَرَ (barbara) Iq, non-past يُبَرْبِرُ‎ (yubarbiru)

  1. (colloquial) to grumble, to babble, to blether
    • وَإِنِّي زَعِيمٌ إِنْ رَجِعْتُ مُمَلَّكٌ / بِسَيْرٍ تَرَى مِنْهُ الفُرَانِقَ أَزْوَرَا
      عَلَى لَاحِبٍ لَا يَهْتَدِي بِمَنَارِهِ / إِذَا سَافَهُ الْعَوْدُ النُّبَاطِيُّ جَرْجَرَا
      عَلَى كُلِّ مَقْصُوصِ الذُنَابَى مُعَاوِدٍ / بَرِيدَ السَرَى بِاللَيْلِ مِن خَيْلِ بَرْبَرَا
      wa-ʔinnī zaʕīmun ʔin rajiʕtu mumallakun / bi-sayrin tarā minhu l-furāniqa ʔazwarā
      ʕalā lāḥibin lā yahtadī bi-manāri-hī / ʔiḏā sāfa-hū l-ʕawdu n-nubāṭiyyu jarjarā
      ʕalā kulli maqṣūṣi ḏ-ḏunābā muʕāwidin / barīda s-sarā bi-l-layli min ḵayli barbarā
      And I am the leader when I am envoyed on a trip from which you see asquint a courier
      on an open road guided by no waymark, when it is smelled by the Nabataean camel dragging forward
      on every clipped bird-tail returning nocturnal journey’s mail by night from a horse that whinnied.
Conjugation

Adjective

بُرْبُر (burbur)

  1. (colloquial) noisy, clamourous
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Interjection

بِرْبِر (birbir)

  1. used by shepherds to call their flock together

Ottoman Turkish

بربر

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Venetian barbièr (Italian barbiere).

Noun

بربر (berber)

  1. barber
    Synonyms: پروكار (perukâr), صاچ كسن (saç kesen)

Descendants

  • Turkish: berber
  • Albanian: berber
  • Armenian: պերպեր (perper), պեռպեռ (peṙpeṙ)
  • Azerbaijani: bərbər
بربر

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar).

Noun

بربر (berber) (singulative بربری (berberi))

  1. Berbers
  2. inhabitants of the Barbary

Descendants


Pashto

Etymology

Compare Urdu بیربیر (ber ber), Hindi बेर बेर (ber ber), Urdu بار بار (bār bār), Hindi बार बार (bār bār), Urdu بارمبار (bārambār)Hindi बारंबार (bārambār), Bengali বারবার (barbar), বার বার (bar bar) of the same meaning.

Adverb

بربر (baṛbaṛ)

  1. repeatedly, often, frequently