Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʕaraqiyy, “of liquor”), from عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arrack, arak”, literally “condensate”), which refers to an ouzo-like liqueur made of raisins. Compare Albanian raki and Aromanian arãchii.
rachiu n (plural rachiuri)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rachiu | rachiul | (niște) rachiuri | rachiurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) rachiu | rachiului | (unor) rachiuri | rachiurilor |
vocative | rachiule | rachiurilor |