arak

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
2. Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers or sugar cane)

Συνώνυμα

arrack

brandies

brandy

cognac

gin

spirits

vodka

whiskies

distilled spirits

rums

araq

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/əˈɹæk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat”), a reference to the condensate in the distillation process. Doublet of ara, raki, and rakija.