n.
Pronunciation: ' b ə r-b ə r
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