Kabyle Definition

kə-bīl
kabyles
noun
A member of any of a group of Berber peoples in Algeria and Tunisia.
Webster's New World
The variety of Berber spoken by these peoples.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A Northern Berber language of the Berber branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken by over 3,000,000 people in Algeria; native name Taqbaylit.

Wiktionary
adjective
Pertaining to these people or their language.
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Other Word Forms of Kabyle

Noun

Singular:
Kabyle
Plural:
kabyles

Origin of Kabyle

  • Arabic qabā’ilu pl. of qabīla tribe from qabila to receive qbl in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Algerian Arabic قبايل, plural of قبيلة (“tribe”).

    From Wiktionary

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