Tuaregn.adj.
/ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈtwɑˌrɛɡ/ A. n.
1. (A member of) a nomadic people of the western and central Sahara.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [noun] > Berbers
Tuareg1821
Berberin1906
1821 G. F. Lyon Narr. Trav. N. Afr. iii. 112 The nearest Tuarick to Fezzan are at Ghraat.
1826 D. Denham & H. Clapperton Narr. Trav. N. & Central Afr. p. l The greater number of Tuaricks follow the nomadic life.
1826 D. Denham & H. Clapperton Narr. Trav. N. & Central Afr. App. 160 Under the government of the Tawarék.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 261/2 The Tuarick are a people spread in various tribes through the greater portion of the Sahara.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. 600/2 I could see Arabs, Moors, and Tuaregs wandering along the narrow streets.
1955 Sci. News Let. 4 June 3 Called the ‘People of the Veil’, the Tuaregs are a nomadic people who live in the central part of the Sahara desert.
1977 Time 3 Oct. 2/2 The peregrinations of the Tuareg in Niger, Mali and Upper Volta and the nomadic Masai in Kenya and Tanzania frighten their respective governments.
2. The Berber language of this people.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Berber
Shilha1713
Amazigh1826
Kabyle1882
Tuareg1882
Tamashek1885
Tunisian1902
Libyan1937
Guanche1939
1882 F. W. Newman Libyan Vocab. 3 The Libyan language..was but one, according to St. Augustine. Now there are at least four, the Kabail in Algeria, the Shilha in the mountains of Morocco, the Tuarik..beyond the Atlas, and the Ghadamsi at Ghadames.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 67 The Berber branch of Semitic-Hamitic..is represented today by various languages, such as Tuareg and Kabyle.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > of Berber languages
Tuareg1826
Amazigh1837
Shilha1841
Berber1854
the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of North Africa > [adjective] > Berber
Tuareg1826
Amazigh1837
berberized1930
1826 D. Denham & H. Clapperton Narr. Trav. N. & Central Afr. p. lxv They..laughed heartily at our blundering out a few Tuarick words.
1826 D. Denham & H. Clapperton Narr. Trav. N. & Central Afr. 83 He was dressed in a light blue cotton tobe, with a white muslin turban, the shawl of which he wore over the nose and mouth, in the Tuarick fashion.
1973 Times 19 Mar. 6/3 The tracks..did lead to some Tuareg nomads, and to water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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