بركة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From root ب ر ك (b-r-k).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ra.ka/

Noun

بَرَكَة • (baraka) f (plural بَرَكَات (barakāt))

  1. bliss, blessing, boon
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: barka
  • Armenian: բարաքյաթ (barakʻyatʻ)
  • Albanian: bereqet
  • Azerbaijani: bərəkət, бәрәкәт
  • Bashkir: бәрәкәт (bərəkət)
  • Bengali: বরকত (bôrkôt)
  • Crimean Tatar: берекет (bereket)
  • Spanish: baraka
  • Persian: برکت (barekat)
    • Gujarati: બરકત (barkat)
  • Hausa: bar̃kā̀
  • Georgian: ბარაქა (baraka)
    • Bats: ბარაქ (barak)
  • Kazakh: береке (bereke)
  • Macedonian: бериќет (beriḱet)
  • Malay: berkat
  • Ottoman Turkish: بركت
  • Tatar: бәрәкәт (bäräkät)
  • Swahili: baraka
  • Zaghawa: barka

Etymology 2

From root ب ر ك (b-r-k) because one kneels at it.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bir.ka/

Noun

بِرْكَة • (birka) f (plural بِرَك (birak))

  1. pond
    فِي الْحَدِيقَة، هُنَاكَ بَرَكَة كَبِيرَة مُمَبَّأَة بِالْمَاءِ النَّقِي وَالْأَسْمَاكِ الْمُلْوَنَة.
    fī l-ḥadīqa, hunāka baraka(t) kabīra(t) mumabbaʔa(t) bi-l-māʔi n-naqī wālʔasmāki l-mulwana.
    In the garden, there is a large pond filled with clean water and colorful fish.
  2. pool
  3. tank
  4. receptacle
  5. mode of kneeling (بُرُوك (burūk))
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: պրքայ (prkʻay), պրքէ (prkʻē), բրքայ (brkʻay)
  • Portuguese: alverca
  • Spanish: alberca

See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bur.ka/

Noun

بُرْكَة • (burka) f (plural بُرَك (burak) or أَبْرَاك (ʔabrāk) or بِرْكَان (birkān) or بُرْكَان (burkān))

  1. (obsolete) an unknown kind of small white aquatic bird
Declension
Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِرْكَة (birka).

Noun

بركة • (birke) f (plural برك (birak))

  1. swimming pool
  2. pond, puddle
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