Barka

See also: barka, barką, and bárka

English

Etymology

From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Byzantine Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹkə/

Proper noun

Barka

1. (historical) Alternative spelling of Barqa, former name of Marj: a city in Libya.

See also

• Al-Barka

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarka]
• Rhymes: -arka

Proper noun

Barka f

1. a diminutive of the female given names Bára, Barbora, or Barbara

Declension

Declension of Barka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Barka	Barky
genitive	Barky	Barek
dative	Barce	Barkám
accusative	Barku	Barky
vocative	Barko	Barky
locative	Barce	Barkách
instrumental	Barkou	Barkami

Further reading

• “Barka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Barka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989