baraka

See also: Baraka

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ʁa.ka/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

baraka f (uncountable)

  1. barakah
  2. benediction
  3. chance, fate

Further reading

Mansaka

Noun

baraka

  1. soot

Nupe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bā.ɾā.kā/

Noun

baraka (plural barakazhì)

  1. waterbuck

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Baracke.

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), 2006–2025

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

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, blessing).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

baraka class IX (plural baraka class X)

  1. blessing
    Haraka haraka, haina baraka — Swahili proverb
    "[When done] very quickly, there is no blessing."

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28 Nr. 211

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

Etymology 2

Feminine form of barako.

Noun

baraka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜃ)

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

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