User:KDS4444/Barak (name)

For the Hebrew biblical figure, see Barak.

Barak, also spelled Barac, Barack, and Baraq, is an Arabic and Hebrew given name with two distinct spellings in each of those languages. It derives from the shared Semitic roots B-R-K and B-R-Q each with its own orthography and etymology. The name "Mubarak" ( مبارك, Mubārak) is an Arabic variation of one of these (see below).

B-R-K
The first consonantal spelling and meaning, B-R-K (بارك, Bārak, and ברךּ Bārak), is most commonly associated in Arabic with the meaning "blessed" as well as the meanings "to make to kneel down" (said of the camel), "to stoop", and "to cower." In Hebrew, it can be traced from Phoenecian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Akkadian, and Classical Arabic roots having the meanings, "knee", "kneel", "prostrate", "venerate", "bless", "be blessed", and "boon" as well as (camel's, human) "chest" and sometimes "curse" or "blaspheme."

In Arabic, the prefix mu- as used in مبارك, Mubārak connects the word which follows it with the word before it, making the former an adjective of the latter, hence the phrase "hosni mubarak" means "hosni who is blessed."

B-R-Q
The consonontal spelling B-R-Q (لبُراق‎, Burāq and ברק, Bāraq) is the second form. The meaning of this form in Arabic is "to shine", "to gleam", "to lighten", and "to open widely" (said of the eyes). Similarly, the Hebrew significance is "lightning", "flash", "to give light" and "to be visible." It is this spelling that is most commonly associated with the modern use of the word as a name in Hebrew, and is the spelling that is used in Hebrew newspapers for the first name of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama.

Given name

 * Mubarak Awad (21st century), Palestinian-American psychologist
 * Mubarak Begum (21st century), Indian film singer
 * Mubarak Ali Gilani (21st century), Pakistani Sufi
 * Mubarak Khan (died 1321), regent of Khilji Dynasty
 * Mubarak Ali Khan (died 1971), Pakistani singer
 * Mubarak Al-Sabah (1837-1915), ruler of Kuwait
 * Mubarak Hassan Shami (born 1980), Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner
 * Mubarak Shah (circa 1252-1266), Chagatai khan

Surname

 * Alaa Mubarak (21st century), Egyptian businessman
 * Ali Pasha Mubarak (1823-1893), Egyptian public works and education minister
 * Gamal Mubarak (born 1963), Egyptian politician
 * Hosni Mubarak, the former president of Egypt
 * Jehan Mubarak (born 1981), American-born Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Suzanne Mubarak (born 1941), former first lady of Egypt
 * Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known as Shakira, an entertainer
 * Wakaso Mubarak, Ghanaian footballer