arak

See also: árak and arák

English

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Etymology

From Arabic عَرَق (ʿaraq).

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.

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Bikol Central

Noun

arak

  1. alcoholic beverage

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ceb‧a‧rak

Noun

arak

  1. the Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens)

Ilocano

Noun

arak

  1. wine; liquor; alcoholic beverage

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.rak/

Etymology 1

From Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʿaraq)

Noun

arak (plural arak-arak, first-person possessive arakku, second-person possessive arakmu, third-person possessive araknya)

  1. rice wine

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Etymology 2

Verb

arak

  1. to (casually) walk or move past

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَق (ʿaraq).

Noun

arak (Jawi spelling ارق, informal first-person possessive arakku, informal second-person possessive arakmu, third-person possessive araknya)

  1. beer

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Portuguese

Noun

arak m (plural araks)

  1. Alternative form of áraque

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

arak m (Cyrillic spelling арак)

  1. double sheet
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