| 释义 |
Beja|ˈbɛdʒə|
Also Bedja.
A nomadic people of Hamitic extraction living between the Nile and the Red Sea; the Cushitic language of this people. Also attrib.
1819J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Nubia 503 In battle the Bedja pursue each other with their camels. Ibid. 526 People were found among the Djidda inhabitants who spoke Bedja. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 611/2 The Hamitic Beja. 1955Times 8 July 7/2 The Beja is the tribe immortalized by Kipling under the name of Fuzzy Wuzzies after they had broken or nearly broken a British square at the battle of Tamai in 1884. 1961Listener 16 Nov. 797/1 The Beja people of the Red Sea coast. |