Barack

See also: barack

English

Etymology

Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.

Proper noun

Barack

1. A male given name from Arabic.
   • 1995, 2004 Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father, Crown Publishers (2004), →ISBN, page 104:

     "What did Marcus call you just now? Some African name, wasn't it?" "Barack." "I thought your name was Barry." "Barack's my given name. My father's name. He was Kenyan." "Does it mean something?" "It means 'Blessed'. In Arabic. My grandfather was a Muslim."

Related terms

• Barak
• Mubarak

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: بَارَاك m (bārāk)
• Armenian: Բարաք (Barakʻ)
• Belarusian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Bulgarian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Cherokee: Ꮖ̃ᎳᎩ (quãlagi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴拉克 (zh) (Bālākè)

• Finnish: Barack (fi) (of Obama)
• Georgian: ბარაკ (baraḳ)
• German: Barack m
• Greek: Μπαράκ (Barák)
• Hebrew: ברק (he) m (barák), ברוך (he) m (barukh)
• Hindi: बराक (hi) (barāk)
• Japanese: バラク (Baraku)
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• Korean: 버락 (Beorak)
• Macedonian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Nepali: बराक (barāk)
• Persian: باراک (bârâk)
• Portuguese: Barack m
• Russian: Бара́к (ru) m (Barák)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Барак m

  Roman: Barack m, Barak m

• Thai: บารัก (baarák)
• Turkish: Burak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бара́к m (Barák)
• Urdu: براک (barāk)
• Uyghur: باراك (barak)

See also

• Barack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• backra