barakat بركات
Algerian Darja · interjection
“barakat” (بركات) is an interjection in Algerian Darja meaning enough, that's enough.
Meanings
- enough, that's enough
- blessings (standard Arabic sense)
- it's over, never again
Usage
Barakat is used to demand an end to something: "enough!", "that's enough!". It is said alone or followed by men ("barakat men el kedb", enough lies). It often appears in slogans and political protest, and is a more emphatic variant of baraka. Note: with the same spelling, barakat is also the plural of baraka, "blessing", as in "men barakat yemmak" (thanks to your mother's blessings). Only context distinguishes the two meanings.
Example
بركات من الهدرة، روح خدم
barakat men el hedra, rou7 khdem
“Enough talk, go to work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “barakat” but also “baraket”, “barakate”, “barakaat” and “baraka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find بركات and باراكات, all the same word.