барка

Inherited from Middle Russian барка (barka), from Middle Low German barke (“shallow wide boat, usually flat-bottomed”), from Middle Dutch barke, from Middle French barque, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *bārica, from Latin bāris (“Egyptian shallow wide flat-bottomed river boat”), from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr, further origin uncertain. Doublet of ба́ржа (bárža) and барка́с (barkás).

Attested since the 14th-15th centuries (Novgorod 4th chronicle).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarkə]

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ба́рка • (bárka) f inan (genitive ба́рки, nominative plural ба́рки, genitive plural ба́рок)

1. kind of a barge, specifically a wooden flat-bottomed river boat, usually undecked
2. genitive singular of барк (bark)

Ultimately from Latin barca:

• баржа́ f (baržá)
• барка́с m (barkás)
• дебарка́дер m (debarkáder)

• ба́ржа (bárža)

• http://www.philology.nsc.ru/journals/spj/pdf/2018_3/16.pdf
• https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004377530/BP000017.xml

Borrowed from Italian barca.

• IPA^(key): /bâːrka/
• Hyphenation: бар‧ка

ба̑рка f (Latin spelling bȃrka)

1. boat (especially at the Adriatic)

• “барка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Middle Low German barke (“shallow wide boat, usually flat-bottomed”), from Middle Dutch barke, from Middle French barque, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *bārica, from Latin bāris (“Egyptian shallow wide flat-bottomed river boat”), from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr, further origin uncertain.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarkɐ]

ба́рка • (bárka) f inan (genitive ба́рки, nominative plural ба́рки, genitive plural ба́рок)

1. kind of a barge, specifically a wooden flat-bottomed undecked river boat

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “барка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “барка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “барка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka