Etymology

Tuareg

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Today it means: A member of a traditionally nomadic Berber people of the Sahara. Full definition →

mey طوارق ← Berber
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  1. Berber · derived from
  2. mey · derived fromطوارق
  3. English todayTuareg

From Hassaniya Arabic طوارق (ṭwāreg), plural of طارق (ṭāreg, “inhabitant of Fezzan”), from Berber targa (“Fezzan”, literally “drainage channel”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.