βάρβαρος
Arabic
root
Definitions
- non-Greek-speaking, foreign
- barbaric, brutal, rude
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *balb-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*balb-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ajam English
- balbitāre Latin
- balbo Latin
- balbus Latin
- blatero Latin
- balbo Italian
- болтать Russian
- bobo Spanish, Castilian
- *balb- Proto-Indo-European
- *bьltati Proto-Slavic
- عَجَم Arabic
- babau Catalan, Valencian
- bâlbâi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- عجم Persian
- balb Old Irish
- Mwajemi Swahili
- Uajemi Swahili
- balbetar Venetian
- عيم Gulf Arabic