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English

Alternative forms

• araq, arrack, rack

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?araq). Doublet of ara.

Noun

arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)

1. A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East.
2. The toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica.
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 51:

     They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kohl, and are constantly polishing their teeth with twigs of green arak-wood.

3. Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers in South Asia)

Related terms

• raki
• rakija

Translations

See also

• Arak (distilled beverage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Kara, kara, rak'a

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?rak

Noun

arak

1. wine, liquor, alcoholic beverage

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ceb?a?rak

Noun

arak

1. the Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens)

Chamorro

Etymology

From Malay arak; see there for more.

Noun

arak

1. distilled liquor made from fermented coconut milk

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic ?????? (?araq).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: á?rak
• IPA^(key): /??a?ak/

Noun

árak

1. wine; liquor; alcoholic beverage

Derived terms

See also

• basi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a?ak (“to walk single-file”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?rák
• IPA^(key): /?a??ak/, [????ak]

Noun

arák

1. gathering; congregation; assembly

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.rak/

Etymology 1

From Malay arak, from Arabic ?????? (?araq)

Noun

arak (plural arak-arak, first-person possessive arakku, second-person possessive arakmu, third-person possessive araknya)

1. arrack; an alcoholic beverage usually made from fermenting rice; rice wine

Synonyms

• tuak

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

arak

1. to (casually) walk or move past

Derived terms

Further reading

• “arak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (?araq).

Noun

arak (Jawi spelling ????, informal 1st possessive arakku, impolite 2nd possessive arakmu, 3rd possessive araknya)

1. beer

Synonyms

• bir

Descendants

• Indonesian: arak

Portuguese

Noun

arak m (plural araks)

1. Alternative form of áraque

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

arak m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. double sheet

Taivoan

Noun

arak

1. son

Tangam

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. Cognates include Burmese ??? (lak) and Tibetan ?? (lag).

Noun

arak

1. (anatomy) hand, arm

References

• Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, ?ISBN

Yogad

Noun

arák

1. (anatomy) throat

English

Alternative forms

• rakee

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (rak?), from Arabic ????????? (?araqiyy, “of liquor”), from ?????? (?araq, “arrack, arak”), literally, “sweat”, “condensate,” which refers to an ouzo-like liqueur made of raisins. Doublet of rakija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æk?/, /?æ?k??/, /??æki/

Noun

raki (countable and uncountable, plural rakis)

1. A Turkish liqueur flavored with anise.

Related terms

• rakija, arrack, arak

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on raki

Anagrams

• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, ikra, krai, raik, rika

Albanian

Alternative forms

• rakee

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (rak?), from Arabic ????????? (?araqiyy, “of liquor”), from ?????? (?araq, “arrack, arak”, literally “sweat; condensate”), which refers to an ouzo-like liqueur made of raisins.

Noun

raki f (indefinite plural raki, definite singular rakia, definite plural rakitë)

1. a national drink of Albania, raki is an anise-flavored liqueur not similar to ouzo, but made with fermented grapes or plums. It has an alcohol content similar to vodka.

Estonian

Noun

raki

1. genitive singular of rakk

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?ki/, [?r?ki]
• Rhymes: -?ki
• Syllabification: ra?ki

Noun

raki

1. raki

Declension

Anagrams

• Irak, Kari, arki, kari

Hausa

Noun

r?k?? m (possessed form r?kìn)

1. fear, cowardice
2. argumentativeness

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?c?/
• Rhymes: -a?c?

Noun

raki m (genitive singular raka, no plural)

1. moisture, dampness, humidity

   Synonym: deigja

Declension

Derived terms

• rakaefni (“humectant”)
• rakagjafi (“humectant”)

Related terms

• rakur (“damp; humid”)

Verb

raki

1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of raka
2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of raka
3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of raka

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (rak?), from Arabic ????????? (?araqiyy, “of liquor”), from ?????? (?araq, “sweat; liquor”).

Noun

raki m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ?????)

1. arak

Latvian

Verb

raki

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of rakt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rak?i/

Noun

raki

1. nominative plural of rak
2. accusative plural of rak

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (r?kh?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aki/, /?ak?i/

Noun

raki

1. An ornamental wristband given by a young woman to a brother
2. Raksha Bandhan; religious ceremony

Alternative forms

• rakhi

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.k?i/

Noun

raki

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of rak

Quechua

Noun

raki

1. storehouse
2. Alternative spelling of rak'i

Declension