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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From بر (bir, one).

Pronoun

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بربری (birbiri)

  1. each other
Descendants
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  • Turkish: birbiri

Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy).

 
بربری

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Adjective

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بربری (berberi)

  1. Berber
  2. Barbary

Noun

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بربری (berberi)

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

Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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

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بربری (barbari)

  1. Berber
  2. barbarian; crude; savage