baraka
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of baraka
< Arabic barakah; compare Hebrew bərākhāh blessing
Example Sentences
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At 3 o'clock one morning last week, Yacef's baraka ran out.
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.
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General Henri Giraud has always had what the Arabs call the baraka, an uncanny ability to escape death and disaster.
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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 Donnelly, Ignatius
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