barack

barack · noun¹

1. Hungarian · borrowed frombarack“apricot, peach”
2. English todaybarack

From Hungarian barack (“apricot, peach”), probably an ellipsis of barackpálinka, a compound with pálinka (“brandy”).

Barack · proper noun, adjective²

Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.