baraka

See also: Baraka

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁa.ka/

• Audio:

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Noun

baraka f (uncountable)

1. barakah
2. benediction
3. chance, fate

Further reading

• “baraka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Mansaka

Noun

baraka

1. soot

Nupe

Baraka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bā.ɾā.kā/

Noun

baraka (plural barakazhì)

1. waterbuck

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Baracke, from Spanish barraca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barǎka/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra‧ka

Noun

baràka f (Cyrillic spelling бара̀ка)

1. shack, hut

Declension

Declension of baraka

	singular	plural
nominative	baràka	barake
genitive	barake	barákā
dative	baràci	barakama
accusative	baraku	barake
vocative	barako	barake
locative	baràci	barakama
instrumental	barakom	barakama

References

• “baraka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovincian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Baracke. Compare Kashubian barak and Polish barak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈra.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧ka

Noun

baraka f

1. shack, barrack

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “barãkă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 15

Spanish

Alternative forms

• baraca

Etymology

From Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾaka/ [baˈɾa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧ka

Noun

baraka f (plural barakas)

1. good fortune

Further reading

• “baraka”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

baraka class IX (plural baraka class X)

1. blessing

   Haraka haraka, haina baraka — Swahili proverb

   "[When done] very quickly, there is no blessing."

Related terms

• -bariki (“to bless”)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈɾaka/ [bɐˈɾaː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish barraca.

Noun

baraka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜃ)

1. market; marketplace

   Synonyms: palengke, pamilihan, merkado

2. market day
3. barracks

   Synonym: kuwartel

Derived terms

• barakahan
• buwis-baraka
• mamaraka

 

Related terms

• himpilan
• talipapa

Etymology 2

Feminine form of barako.

Noun

baraka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜃ)

1. (colloquial, figurative) manly woman; macho woman

Anagrams

• abarka