Etymology of arabic words: the word بربري
(barbari) means Barbarian and has greek roots . The ancient greek word βάρβαρος (varvaros) has been used for many centuries “” to refer to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized ””(from Wikipedia) or simply all non Greek speaking people (acc., to Liddell-Scott) . Accordind to Babiniotis dictionary the word βάρβαρος (varvaros) was formed initially from the sound of the foreign languages, which were incomprehensible by the Greeks in the antiquity and attributed it as var-var. In Turkish they use the word barbar.
(barbari) means Barbarian and has greek roots . The ancient greek word βάρβαρος (varvaros) has been used for many centuries “” to refer to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized ””(from Wikipedia) or simply all non Greek speaking people (acc., to Liddell-Scott) . Accordind to Babiniotis dictionary the word βάρβαρος (varvaros) was formed initially from the sound of the foreign languages, which were incomprehensible by the Greeks in the antiquity and attributed it as var-var. In Turkish they use the word barbar.
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