بربر

See also: تربز, ثرثر, and تزبر

Arabic

بَرْبَر

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros).

Noun

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

  1. barbarians, beastly people
  2. Berbers
Declension

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

بَرْبَر (barbar) m

  1. Berber (a city in Sudan)
Declension

Etymology 3

Denominal verb of بَرْبَر (barbar).

Verb

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

  1. to barbarize
  2. to Berberize
Conjugation
  • تَبَرْبَرَ (tabarbara, to be a barbarian; to be a Berber; to talk Berber)

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) to grumble, to babble, to blether
Conjugation

Adjective

بُرْبُر (burbur)

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

Interjection

بِرْبِر (birbir)

  1. used by shepherds to call their flock together

Ottoman Turkish

بربر

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛrˈbɛɾ/

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
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