арақ

Kazakh

Cyrillic арақ (araq)
Arabic اراق‎

Etymology

From *araqï (“vodka”), from Persian عَرَق‎ ('araq, “alcoholic drink”), from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq, “raisin loquor”).

Cognate with Bashkir араҡы (araqï, “vodka”), Kumyk гьаракъы (haraqı, “vodka”), Karachay-Balkar аракъы (“vodka”), Southern Altai аракы (arakï, “vodka”), Khakas араға (arağa, “alcoholic drink”), Tuvan арага (araga, “vodka; wine”), Yakut арыгы (arıgı, “wine”).

Noun

арақ • (araq)

  1. vodka

Declension

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