بركت

See also: برکت, تركت, and تركب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

بركت (form I)

1. بَرَكْتُ (baraktu) /ba.rak.tu/: first-person singular past active of بَرَكَ (baraka)
2. بَرَكْتَ (barakta) /ba.rak.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of بَرَكَ (baraka)
3. بَرَكْتِ (barakti) /ba.rak.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of بَرَكَ (baraka)
4. بَرَكَتْ (barakat) /ba.ra.kat/: third-person feminine singular past active of بَرَكَ (baraka)

Etymology 2

Verb

بركت (form II)

1. بَرَّكْتُ (barraktu) /bar.rak.tu/: first-person singular past active of بَرَّكَ (barraka)
2. بَرَّكْتَ (barrakta) /bar.rak.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of بَرَّكَ (barraka)
3. بَرَّكْتِ (barrakti) /bar.rak.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of بَرَّكَ (barraka)
4. بَرَّكَتْ (barrakat) /bar.ra.kat/: third-person feminine singular past active of بَرَّكَ (barraka)
5. بُرِّكْتُ (burriktu) /bur.rik.tu/: first-person singular past passive of بَرَّكَ (barraka)
6. بُرِّكْتَ (burrikta) /bur.rik.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of بَرَّكَ (barraka)
7. بُرِّكْتِ (burrikti) /bur.rik.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of بَرَّكَ (barraka)
8. بُرِّكَتْ (burrikat) /bur.ri.kat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of بَرَّكَ (barraka)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing, boon”).

Noun

بركت • (bereket) (definite accusative بركتی (bereketi), plural بركات (berekât))

1. abundance, plenty, profusion, plenitude, an overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency, a copious supply

   Synonyms: بوللق (bolluk), چوقلق (çokluk)

2. (religion) blessing, benediction, grace, a favour, help, or reward from God or another supernatural source

   Synonyms: خیر دعا (hayr duʼâ), دعا (duʼâ)

3. (religion, Sufism) barakah, a blessing power bestowed or endowed by God to prophets, saints, or holy places

Derived terms

• بركت ویرسین (bereket versin, “thank you”)
• بركتسز (bereketsiz, “infertile, scanty”)
• بركتلندرمك (bereketlendirmek, “to make or let become blessed”)
• بركتلنمك (bereketlenmek, “to become blessed”)
• بركتلو (bereketli, “fruitful, fertile”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: bereket
• → Albanian: bereqet
• → Armenian: պէրէքէթ (pērēkʻētʻ), բարաքյաթ (barakʻyatʻ)
• → Laz: ბერექეთი (bereketi)
• → Macedonian: бериќет (beriḱet)
• → Mingrelian: ბერექეთი (bereketi)
• → Romanian: berechet
• → Serbo-Croatian: berìćet／берѝћет, berèćet／берѐћет

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “بركت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 296
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bereket”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 554
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “bereket”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 108
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بركت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 261
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Abundantia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 8
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بركت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 780
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bereket”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بركت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 356