Barack

See also: barack

English

Etymology

Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.

Pronunciation

• Proper noun:
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈrɑk/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈrak, -ˈrɑːk/; /ˈbarak/

  • Audio (US):

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• Adjective:
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈræk/

Proper noun

Barack

1. A male given name from Arabic.
   • 1995, 2004 Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father, Crown Publishers (2004), →ISBN, page 104:

     "What did Marcus call you just now? Some African name, wasn't it?" "Barack." "I thought your name was Barry." "Barack's my given name. My father's name. He was Kenyan." "Does it mean something?" "It means 'Blessed'. In Arabic. My grandfather was a Muslim."

Derived terms

• Baracknophobia
• BHO

Related terms

• Barak
• Mubarak

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: بَارَاك m (bārāk)
• Armenian: Բարաք (Barakʻ)
• Belarusian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Bulgarian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Cherokee: Ꮖ̃ᎳᎩ (quãlagi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴拉克 (zh) (Bālākè)

• Esperanto: Barako
• Finnish: Barack (fi) (of Obama)
• Georgian: ბარაკ (baraḳ)
• German: Barack m
• Greek: Μπαράκ (Barák)
• Hebrew: ברק (he) m (barák), ברוך (he) m (barukh)
• Hindi: बराक (hi) (barāk)
• Japanese: バラク (Baraku)
• Korean: 버락 (Beorak)
• Lithuanian: Barackas m
• Macedonian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Marathi: बराक m (barāk)
• Nepali: बराक (barāk)
• Persian: باراک (bârâk)
• Portuguese: Barack m
• Russian: Бара́к (ru) m (Barák)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Барак m

  Roman: Barack m, Barak m

• Thai: บารัก (th) (baarák)
• Turkish: Burak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Urdu: براک (barāk)
• Uyghur: باراك (barak)
• Vietnamese: Ba-rắc

See also

• Barack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

Barack (comparative more Barack, superlative most Barack)

1. (predicative, Internet slang, humorous) A pun on the first name of United States President Barack Obama and back, often used in the phrase "we're so Barack" ("we're so back"). Formed antonymically to "it's Joever" ("it's over").

   Antonym: Joever

   It was so Joever, but now we're so Barack.

Anagrams

• backra