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Northern Altai
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “type of liquor”), through a Mongolic language. Cognate with Mongolian архи (arxi, “alcohol, liquor”), Turkish rakı (“liquor”).
Noun
арага • (araga)
- vodka
References
- N. A. Baskakov, editor (1985), “арага”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo( Ojrotskovo) Jazyka- Dialekt Lebedinskix Tatar-čalkancev(kuu-kiži) , Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoj literatury, →ISBN, page 139
Tuvan
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “type of liquor”), through a Mongolic language. Cognate with Mongolian архи (arxi, “alcohol, liquor”), Turkish rakı (“liquor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
арага • (araga) (definite accusative араганы, plural арагалар)
- alcohol, liquor