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Akkadian
barakku - entry room
(CAD B 101, AHw 1547)
From Sum. {(e2).bar-ra(k)} “entry room” (lit. “outside room”). Judging from the correspondence Sum. b ~ Akk. b, Akk. barakku is a late loanword