Kabyle

noun

Ka·​byle kə-ˈbī(-ə)l 

1

: a member of a Berber people living in the mountainous coastal area east of Algiers

2

: the Berber language of the Kabyles

Word History

Etymology

Arabic qabā'il, plural of qabīla tribe

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined at sense 1