barack
/ˈbɒɹətsk/UK/bəˈɹak
barack noun: hungarian apricot brandy. Also the alternative letter-case form of Barack.
Noun
barack (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Barack
Barack
- A male given name from Arabic.
- "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."1995, 2004 Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father, Crown Publishers (2004), page 104
- Joe Biden has had a two-word retort to recent questions about his record on civil rights and race: Barack Obama.2019 July 12, Laura Barrón-López and Alex Thompson, “Biden under fire for mass deportations under Obama”, in POLITICO
Adjective capitalized: Barack
US/bəˈɹæk/
Barack (comparative more Barack, superlative most Barack)
Also used as
barack is also the alternative letter-case form of Barack.
barack meaning in Urdu
barack in Urdu
- براک
Antonyms of barack
Forms of barack
| comparative | more barack |
|---|---|
| superlative | most barack |
| comparative | more Barack |
| superlative | most Barack |
Origin of barack
From Hungarian barack (“apricot, peach”), probably an ellipsis of barackpálinka, a compound with pálinka (“brandy”).
Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.
Words formed from barack
Questions about barack
- What does barack mean?
- Barack means hungarian apricot brandy.
- What is barack in Urdu?
- Barack in Urdu is براک. See Barack meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is barack?
- Barack can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce barack?
- Barack is pronounced /ˈbɒɹətsk/.
Words near barack in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: barack (page history and authors); Barack (page history and authors); barack (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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