arak

Meaning

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

Translations

arack

arak

arak

Arrak

aiguardent de palma

αράκ

arac

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈɹæk/
Etymology

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

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