арақ

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic اراق
Cyrillic арақ
Latin araq

Etymology

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

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

Noun

арақ • (araq)

  1. vodka

Declension

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