Etymograph

English

harka

Harka comes from Arabic حركة ‘instance noun of حَرُكَ (ḥaruka): an instance…’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحركة‘instance noun of حَرُكَ (ḥaruka): an instance of movement’
  2. Englishtodayharka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحركة‘instance noun of حَرُكَ (ḥaruka): an instance of movement’
  2. Englishtodayharka

Today it means

noun In Maghrebi history, a military campaign, often a punitive expedition against insurgents.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic حركة / harka