Main Entry: Bam·ba·ra

Pronunciation: \bam-ˈbär-ə\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Bambara or Bambaras

Etymology: Arabic bambāra, probably ultimately from Bambara bamana, a self-designation

Date: 1851

1 : a member of an African people of the upper Niger
2 : a Mande language of the Bambara people