بارك

From the root ب ر ك (b-r-k). Compare Ge'ez ባረከ (baräkä) and Hebrew בֵּרֵךְ (bērēḵ).

• IPA^(key): /baː.ra.ka/

بَارَكَ • (bāraka) III (non-past يُبَارِكُ (yubāriku), verbal noun مُبَارَكَة (mubāraka))

1. to bless
   • 7th century CE, The Quran‎:

     وَلِسُلَيْمَانَ الرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَالِمِينَ

     wa-li-sulaymāna r-rīḥa ʕāṣifatan tajrī bi-ʔamrihi ʔilā l-ʔarḍi llatī bāraknā fīhā wa-kunnā bi-kulli šayʔin ʕālimīna

     And unto Solomon the stormy wind, so that it sped at his behest towards the land which We had blessed: for it is We who have knowledge of everything.

2. to give one's blessing, to consent, to sanction

• Maltese: bierek

From Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka).

• IPA^(key): /baː.rak/,

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بارك • (bārak) III (present ببارك (bibārek))

1. to congratulate, to bless

   Synonym: عيّد (ʕayyad)

   بدّنا نروح نباركله.

   biddnā nrūḥ nbārek-lo

   We want to go congratulate him.