different between brak vs arak

English

Etymology

Adjective

brak (comparative more brak, superlative most brak)

1. (South Africa) Brackish.
   • 1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa (page 437)

     Brak soils, which continue to be a subject of research, are unlikely to provide a major stumbling block […] However, brak conditions and their effects underline many of the principles of good soil management […]

Anagrams

• bark, kbar, krab

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

German Brack (“defective goods, defect, flaw”).

Noun

brak

1. defect

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?k/
• Hyphenation: brak
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brac. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)

1. brackish
2. (colloquial) bad
3. (colloquial) hung over

Inflection

Derived terms

• brakheid
• uitbrakken

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bracke. Compare German Bracke, French braque, English brach, Italian bracco, Spanish braco. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brak m or f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)

1. hound, brach (of either sex)

   Synonym: jachthond

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brak

1. singular past indicative of breken

Anagrams

• bark, krab

Gothic

Romanization

brak

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra?k/

  Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)

1. crash, din
2. wreckage, broken wood, etc.

Declension

Derived terms

• brak og brestir (a colossal din)

Polish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brak/

Noun

brak m inan

1. lack, dearth, scarcity
2. defect

Declension

Verb

brak (defective verb)

1. there is/are no; is/are wanting

Conjugation

Further reading

• brak in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bork?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brâ?k/

Noun

br?k m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. marriage

Declension

Derived terms

• br??n?

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian ???? (brak), from Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”).

Noun

brak (plural braklar)

1. reject, defective product

Declension

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

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