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 Tripoli
2 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