арак

Nivkh

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᡵᡴᡳ (arki), from Proto-Tungusic *arakïï. Ultimately from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq). Compare also Nanai арақи̇ (araqï), Mongolian архи (arxi) and Bashkir араҡы (araqı).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arak/

Noun

арак (arak)

  1. vodka
    яӈ аракрахсунт
    jaŋ
    he does not drink vodka

References

  • Č. M. Taksami (1983) Словарь нивхско-русский и русско-нивхский [Nivkh-Russian and Russian-Nivkh Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg: «Просвещение» Ленинградское отделение, published 1996, →ISBN, page 34.

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈrak]

Noun

ара́к (arák) m inan (genitive ара́ка, uncountable)

  1. arrack

Declension

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