# barka
## Hausa
### Etymology

From Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bár.kàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bár.kàː]

### Interjection

bar̃kā̀
* A general greeting.
    Barka da safiya!Good morning!

#### Related terms

* àlbar̃kā̀ (“blessing”)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒrkɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bar‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

barka (plural barkák)
* catkin, ament

#### Declension
### Further reading

* (catkin): barka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (the topmost layer or surface of finished leather): barka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* barka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Icelandic
### Noun

barka
* indefinite genitive plural of börkur

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Latin barca.

### Noun

barka f (plural barkas)
* small boat

#### Derived terms

* barkero

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbar.ka/
* Rhymes: -arka

### Noun

barka f (plural barkiet)
* blessing

#### Derived terms

* barka t’Alla

## Old Norse
### Noun

barka
* genitive plural definite of bǫrkr

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin barca. Doublet of bark.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbar.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arka
* Syllabification: bar‧ka

### Noun

barka f (related adjective barkowy)
* barge (large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo)

#### Derived terms

* barkowiec

### References

* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “barka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna: “z łac. barca, z grec., a to z koptyjskiego bart”

### Further reading

* barka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* barka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bâːrka/
* Hyphenation: bar‧ka

### Noun

bȃrka f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑рка)
* boat (especially at the Adriatic)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “barka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /báːrka/

### Noun

bȃrka f
* boat

#### Inflection
## Slovincian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bark.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbar.ka/
* Rhymes: -arka
* Syllabification: bar‧ka

### Noun

barka f (related adjective barkôwy)
* (nautical) barque (sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged)

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bãrkă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 16

## Southern Dagaare
### Interjection

barka
* thank you

### References

* barka - Dagara-English Dictionary

## Swedish
### Etymology

bark +‎ -a

### Verb

barka (present barkar, preterite barkade, supine barkat, imperative barka)
* to debark (remove bark from)
* to go (often of a development or the like)
    Vi förstod vartåt det barkadeWe understood where things were going
    barka åt helvetegå åt helvete

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* barkhyvel
* ringbarka

#### Related terms

* barkning

#### See also

* barka vall

### References

* barka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* barka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* barka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Barak, bakar