baraka
noun
a spiritual power believed to be possessed by certain persons, objects, tombs, etc.
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baraka
1 American
[buh-rah-kuh]
/ bəˈrɑ kə /
noun
Islam.
Baraka
2
American
[buh-rah-kuh]
/ bəˈrɑ kə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of baraka
< Arabic barakah; compare Hebrew bərākhāh blessing
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At 3 o'clock one morning last week, Yacef's baraka ran out.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Henri Giraud has always had what the Arabs call the baraka, an uncanny ability to escape death and disaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moroccans insist that Hassan, as a direct descendant of Mohammed, possesses baraka, or the indefinable charisma that brings blessings to others.
From Time Magazine Archive
A deft handler of vastly different factions in his country, among them Islamic militants, the charismatic ruler was said by Moroccans to have baraka, or blessedness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Arabic baraka, to bend the knee, to fall on the breast, is probably the Saxon brecau, the Danish bräkke, the Swedish bräcka, Welsh bregu, and our word to break.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
Clashes between police and protesters outside the facility in May led to a curfew being imposed around it by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark, is likewise attempting to shut the facility down via the courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Several hundred city residents, social justice activists, and dozens of Newark police officers encircled the DHS site where Baraka was being held.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
In the belly of a whale at a jazz venue in Little Tokyo, early 2014, I gathered with Fred Moten, Kima Jones and others to memorialize Amiri Baraka a week or so after his death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
“We do study that, Chelsea,” Ms. Hawkins interrupts, gesturing toward her books by Nikki Giovanni and Amiri Baraka.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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