See also: تربز, ثرثر, and تزبر

Arabic edit

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بَرْبَر

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros).

Noun edit

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

  1. barbarians, beastly people
  2. (offensive, ethnic slur) Berbers
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Etymology 2 edit

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Proper noun edit

بَرْبَر (barbarm

  1. Berber (a city in Sudan)
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Etymology 3 edit

Denominal verb of بَرْبَر (barbar).

Verb edit

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

  1. to barbarize
  2. (offensive, ethnic slur) to Berberize
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Etymology 4 edit

Onomatopoeic

Verb edit

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

  1. (colloquial) to grumble, to babble, to blether
    • p. 700, a forger of Imruʾ al-Qays, سما لكَ شوقٌ بعدما كان أقصر [1] [2]:
      وَإِنِّي زَعِيمٌ (var. أَذِينٌ) إِنْ رَجِعْتُ مُمَلَّكٌ / بِسَيْرٍ تَرَى مِنْهُ الفُرَانِقَ أَزْوَرَا
      عَلَى لَاحِبٍ لَا يَهْتَدِي بِمَنَارِهِ / إِذَا سَافَهُ الْعَوْدُ النُّبَاطِيُّ (var. دِيَافِيُّ) جَرْجَرَا
      عَلَى كُلِّ مَقْصُوصِ الذُنَابَى مُعَاوِدٍ / بَرِيدَ السَرَى بِاللَيْلِ مِن خَيْلِ بَرْبَرَا
      wa-ʔinnī zaʕīmun (var. ʔaḏīnun) ʔin rajiʕtu mumallakun / bi-sayrin tarā minhu l-furāniqa ʔazwarā
      ʕalā lāḥibin lā yahtadī bi-manāri-hī / ʔiḏā sāfa-hū l-ʕawdu n-nubāṭiyyu (var. diyāfiyyu) jarjarā
      ʕalā kulli maqṣūṣi ḏ-ḏunābā muʕāwidin / barīda s-sarā bi-l-layli min ḵayli barbarā
      And when I am the leader, back in the kingly rights, I trip so fast that you but see asquint the courier
      on an open road guided by no waymark, when it is smelled by the Nabataean camel dragging forward
      on every clipped bird-tail returning nocturnal journey’s mail by night from a horse that whinnied.
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  • Hebrew: ברבר

Adjective edit

بُرْبُر (burbur)

  1. (colloquial) noisy, clamourous
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Interjection edit

بِرْبِر (birbir)

  1. used by shepherds to call their flock together

Ottoman Turkish edit

 
بربر

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Venetian barbièr (Italian barbiere).

Noun edit

بربر (berber)

  1. barber
    Synonyms: پروكار (perukâr), صاچ كسن (saç kesen)
Descendants edit
 
بربر

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic بَرْبَر (barbar).

Noun edit

بربر (berber) (singulative بربری (berberi))

  1. Berbers
  2. inhabitants of the Barbary
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Pashto edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

بربر (barbar)

  1. repeatedly, often, frequently