name
Meaning 1
Any of various Berber languages spoken by the Tuareg people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tamajaq
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Tuareg
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈtwɑː.ɹɛɡ/
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US: /ˈtwɑɹ.ɛɡ/
noun
Meaning 2
A member of a traditionally nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Imohagh
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Berber
noun
Meaning 4
a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: African
History
Etymology
From Hassaniya Arabic طوارق (ṭwāreg), plural of طارق (ṭāreg, “inhabitant of Fezzan”), from Berber targa (“Fezzan”, literally “drainage channel”).
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tuaregi — various Berber languages
- French: Touareg — various Berber languages
- German: Tamaschek — various Berber languages
- German: Tuareg — various Berber languages
- Persian: طوارقی (tavâreqi) — various Berber languages
- Polish: tuareski — various Berber languages
- Spanish: targuí — various Berber languages
- Spanish: tuareg — various Berber languages
- Tamil: தவாரிக் மொழி (tavārik moḻi) — various Berber languages
- Tamil: தமஷிக் (tamaṣik) — various Berber languages
- Arabic: طَارِق (ṭāriq) — member of the Tuareg people
- Arabic: طَوَارِق (ṭawāriq) — member of the Tuareg people
- Arabic: طَارِق (ṭārig) — member of the Tuareg people
- Armenian: տուարեգ (tuareg) — member of the Tuareg people
- Chinese Mandarin: 圖阿雷格人 /图阿雷格人 (Tú'āléigé rén) — member of the Tuareg people
- Dutch: Toeareg — member of the Tuareg people
- Finnish: tuaregi — member of the Tuareg people
- French: Touareg — member of the Tuareg people
- German: Targi — member of the Tuareg people
- German: Targia — member of the Tuareg people
- German: Targiya — member of the Tuareg people
- German: Tuareg — member of the Tuareg people
- German: Tuareg — member of the Tuareg people
- German: Tuaregs — member of the Tuareg people
- Greek: Τουαρέγκ (Touarégk) — member of the Tuareg people
- Persian: طوارق (tavâreq) — member of the Tuareg people
- Polish: Tuareg — member of the Tuareg people
- Russian: туаре́г (tuarég) — member of the Tuareg people
- Spanish: tuareg — member of the Tuareg people
- Swedish: tuareg — member of the Tuareg people
- Tamil: தவாரிக் (tavārik) — member of the Tuareg people
- Tuareg: Imuhaɣ — member of the Tuareg people
- Tuareg: Imušaɣ — member of the Tuareg people
- Tuareg: Imašeɣăn — member of the Tuareg people
- Tuareg: Imajeɣăn — member of the Tuareg people
- Ukrainian: туаре́г (tuaréh) — member of the Tuareg people