brk / Semitic roots
Examples of words with the root brk: broker.
brk
West Semitic, to bless. Probably a metathesized variant of krb.
1. Baruch, from Hebrew bārûk, blessed, passive participle of *bārak, to bless (only attested in derived stem bērēk, to bless).
2. broker, from Arabic al-barka, colloquial variant of al-baraka, the blessing, divine favor, gift, from bāraka, to bless. Compare krb.
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