Barabra

Barabra is a term for the Nubian peoples of northern Sudan and southern Egypt. The word is originally derived from the Greek word bárbaros(i.e. Berbers) that were deformed to "barbarus" in Roman. It was originally used by Greeks to describe all foreigners (non Greek people). In addition, the word barabra is used in Egyptian Arabic dialect in a plural form. Hence, the added 'a' between the 'r' and 'b' in bar'A'bra. When the locals use it in singular form to refer to one individual, they use the word "بربري" in English 'barbari' an Arabized (Egyptian Arabic) form of the Roman word 'barbarus' and the ending letter 'ي' in Arabic or 'i' in English is the effect of Arabic grammar to transform the word to adjective the same way from "مصر" or "Masr" in English letters to refer to Egypt as country, in Arabic one says 'مصري' or 'Masri' in English letters to refer to an Egyptian individual.