BAMBARA


Meaning of BAMBARA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bam-ˈbär-ə ]

noun

( plural Bambara or Bambaras )

Etymology: Arabic bambāra, probably ultimately from Bambara bamana, a self-designation

Date: 1851

1. : a member of an African people of the upper Niger

2. : a Mande language of the Bambara people

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.