Barack

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

 * 1) * 1995, 2004 Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father, Crown Publishers (2004), ISBN 978-0-307-38341-9, page 104:
 * "What did Marcus call you just now? Some African name, wasn't it?" "Barack." "I thought your name was Barry." "Barack&#39;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."
 * "What did Marcus call you just now? Some African name, wasn't it?" "Barack." "I thought your name was Barry." "Barack&#39;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."

Translations

 * Arabic: بَارَاك
 * Armenian: Բարաք
 * Belarusian: Бара́к
 * Bulgarian: Бара́к
 * Cherokee: Ꮖ̃ᎳᎩ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: Barako
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ბარაკ
 * German: Barack
 * Greek: Μπαράκ
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Japanese: バラク
 * Korean: ^버락
 * Lithuanian: Barackas
 * Macedonian: Бара́к
 * Marathi: बराक
 * Nepali: बराक
 * Persian: باراک
 * Portuguese: Barack
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Барак
 * Roman: Barack, Barak
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Бара́к
 * Urdu: براک
 * Uyghur: باراك
 * Vietnamese: Ba-rắc

Adjective

 * 1)  A pun on the first name of   and, often used in the phrase "we're so Barack" ("we're so back"). Formed antonymically to "it's Joever" ("it's over").