βάρβαρος

Etymology

 * from the perceived sounds incomprehensible to Ancient Greeks and spoken by foreigners. As an onomatopoeic construction,  βαρ-βαρ  is similar to modern English, but meaning , ; compare also  from . Cognate to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Possibly related to,. Compare with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and балабол(“over-talkative”, chatterbox), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

For the semantic development, compare, from the root , referring to people who speak unclearly, or , from.

Adjective

 * 1) non-Greek-speaking, foreign
 * 2)  non-Greek peoples
 * 3) Medes or Persians
 * 4)  barbaric, brutal, rude
 * 1)  barbaric, brutal, rude

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) barbarian
 * 2) * Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933), Περιμένοντας τους Bαρβάρους &#0091;Waiting for the Barbarians&#0093; and audio at The official website of the Cavafy Archive
 * "el"

- Τι περιμένουμε στην αγορά συναθροισμένοι; Είναι οι βάρβαροι να φθάσουν σήμερα.

Adjective

 * 1) barbarous, barbaric, uncivilised