baraka
التعريفات والمعاني
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ba.ʁa.ka/
=== Noun ===
baraka f (uncountable)
barakah
benediction
chance, fate
=== Further reading ===
“baraka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Mansaka ==
=== Noun ===
baraka
soot
== Nupe ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bā.ɾā.kā/
=== Noun ===
baraka (plural barakazhì)
waterbuck
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Baracke.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /barǎka/
Hyphenation: ba‧ra‧ka
=== Noun ===
baràka f (Cyrillic spelling бара̀ка)
shack, hut
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“baraka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== 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
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)
good fortune
=== Further reading ===
“baraka”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
baraka class IX (plural baraka class X)
blessing
Haraka haraka, haina baraka — Swahili proverb
"[When done] very quickly, there is no blessing."
==== Related terms ====
-bariki (“to bless”)
=== References ===
== 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)
market; marketplace
Synonyms: palengke, pamilihan, merkado
market day
barracks
Synonym: kuwartel
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
himpilan
talipapa
=== Etymology 2 ===
Feminine form of barako.
==== Noun ====
baraka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜃ)
(colloquial, figurative) manly woman; macho woman
=== Anagrams ===
abarka
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باراقه (baraka, “barrack; shed, booth, shack”), from Italian baracca (“hut, hovel”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ba.ɾaˈka/
Hyphenation: ba‧ra‧ka
=== Noun ===
baraka (definite accusative barakayı, plural barakalar)
barrack, a makeshift structure made of lightweight material, such as wood or corrugated iron
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“baraka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “baraka”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “baraka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 465
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “baraka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük