Main Entry:

Ber·ber

Pronunciation:

\ˈbər-bər\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

ultimately from Arabic barbar

Date:

1732

1: a member of any of various peoples living in northern Africa west of Tripoli2 a: a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family comprising languages spoken by various peoples of northern Africa and the Sahara (as the Tuaregs and the Kabyles) b: any one of the Berber languages