Harki

See also: harki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Harki, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Algerian Arabic حركي (ḥarkī), from حركة (ḥarka, “military operation”) (standard Arabic حركة (ḥaraka, “movement”)).

Noun

Harki (plural Harkis)

1. An Algerian Muslim who fought with the French during Algeria’s war of independence from 1954-1962; loosely, an Algerian Muslim who supported the French presence in Algeria.
   • 2006, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 17:

     On top of this there is the residual bitterness and strife between the ‘new’ immigrants and the Harkis, the Algerians loyal to the French Army who took root in France in 1962 and have assiduously resisted integration.

Anagrams

• rakhi

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Algerian Arabic حركي (ḥarkī), from حركة (ḥarka, “war party, movement”) (standard Arabic حركة (ḥaraka, “war party, movement”)).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.ki/

Noun

Harki m (plural Harkis)

1. Harki