Barbari is a surname. Like its variant Barbary, it refers to the Berber inhabitants of North Africa. Nerrida Newbigin argued in 2002 that there is a close relationship between barbari and the Italian barbero or barberesco. The latter word is a derivation of the Italian for Berber horse (barbero) meaning a racehorse.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adil Barbari (born 1993), Algerian racing cyclist
- Hammad al-Barbari, Abbasid general and governor
- Jacopo de' Barbari, Italian painter and printmaker
- Yusra Al Barbari (1923–2009), Palestinian teacher and activist
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References
- "Barbarian (people)". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 November 2023.
- ^ Max Harris; Lada Čale Feldman (Fall–Winter 2003). "Blackened Faces and a Veiled Woman: The Early Korčula Moreška". Comparative Drama. 37 (3–4): 307. JSTOR 41154196.