بربری

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From بر (bir, “one”).

Pronoun

بربری • (birbiri)

1. each other

Descendants

• Turkish: birbiri

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy).

بربری

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛɾ.bɛ.ˈɾi]

Adjective

بربری • (berberi)

1. Berber
2. Barbary …

Noun

بربری • (berberi)

1. Berber (person)
2. somebody from the Barbary

Descendants

• Turkish: Berberi

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بربری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 353

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬍𐬔 (barbarīg, “barbarian; African”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros). Equivalent to بربر (barbar, “Barbary”) +‎ ی (-i). For the sense "Berber", presumably a semantic loan from Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾ.ba.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.bæ.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	barbarī
Dari reading?	barbarī
Iranian reading?	barbari
Tajik reading?	barbarī

Noun

بربری • (barbari)

1. Berber
2. barbarian; savage
   • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎^[2]:

     گوئی که تاتاری
     در انتهای چشمانش
     پیوسته در کمین سواریست
     گوئی که بربری
     در برق پر طراوت دندانهایش
     مجذوب خون گرم شکاریست

     guyi ke tâtâri
     dar entehâ-ye čašmân-aš
     peyvaste dar kamin-e savâri-st
     guyi ke barbari
     dar barq-e por tarâvat-e dandânhâ-yaš
     majzub-e xun-e garm-e šekâri-st

     As if a Tartar
     Is always waiting to ambush a horseman
     In the extremities of his eyes
     As if a savage
     Is ecstasied by the prey's warm blood
     In the lustrous lightning of his teeth

3. (offensive) Hazara (ethnic group in central Afghanistan)
4. Short for نان بربری (nân-e barbari, Persian flatbread).

Adjective

بربری • (barbari)

1. Berber
2. barbarian; crude; savage