Harki

Borrowed from French Harki, from Algerian Arabic حركي‎ (ḥarkī), from حركة‎ (ḥarka, “military operation”) (standard Arabic حركة‎ (ḥaraka, “movement”)).

Harki (plural Harkis)

1. An Algerian Muslim who fought with the French during Algeria’s war of independence from 1954-1962; loosely, an Algerian Muslim who supported the French presence in Algeria.
   • 2006, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 17:

     On top of this there is the residual bitterness and strife between the ‘new’ immigrants and the Harkis, the Algerians loyal to the French Army who took root in France in 1962 and have assiduously resisted integration.

• rakhi

From Algerian Arabic حركي‎ (ḥarkī), from حركة‎ (ḥarka, “war party, movement”) (standard Arabic حركة‎ (ḥaraka, “war party, movement”)).

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.ki/

Harki m (plural Harkis)

1. Harki