arak

See also: árak and arák

English

Alternative forms

araq

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq).

Noun

arak (uncountable)

A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East
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.

Translations

a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink

Arabic: عَرَق‎‎ m (ʿaraq)
Armenian: արաղ (hy) (arał)
Azerbaijani: araq (az)
Bashkir: араҡы (araqï)
Burmese: အရက် (my) (a.rak)
Georgian: არაყი (araq̇i)
German: Anisschnaps (de) m; Arak (de) m; Ouzo (de) m; Raki (de) m
Hebrew: עַרַק‎‎ m (arák)
Kazakh: арақ (araq)
Kumyk: гьаракъы (haraqı)
Ladino:
Hebrew: ראקי‎‎ m

Latin: raki m

Malay: arak
Persian: عرق‎‎ (fa) ('araq)
Portuguese: áraque m, arak m
Russian: ара́к (ru) m (arák)
Swedish: arrak (sv) c
Tajik: арақ (araq)
Tatar: аракы (tt) (araqı)
Turkish: rakı (tr)
Turkmen: arak (tk)
Uzbek: aroq (uz)

Anagrams

Kara, kara, rak'a

Bikol Central

Noun

arak

alcoholic beverage

Ilocano

Noun

arak

wine; liquor; alcoholic beverage

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.rak/

Etymology 1

From Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq)

Noun

arak

rice wine

Synonyms

tuak

Etymology 2

Verb

arak

to (casually) walk or move past

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq).

Noun

arak (Jawi spelling ارق‎)

beer

Synonyms

bir

Portuguese

Noun

arak m (plural araks)

Alternative form of áraque

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

arak m (Cyrillic spelling арак)

double sheet

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