Where does “بربر” come from?
بربر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic بَرْبَر, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
بربر (Ottoman Turkish): barber; Berbers; inhabitants of the Barbary
Definitions
- barber; Berbers; inhabitants of the Barbary
Ancestry of “بربر”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بَرْبَر | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
Words derived from “بربر”