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)
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | rachiu | rachiul | rachiuri | rachiurile | |
genitive-dative | rachiu | rachiului | rachiuri | rachiurilor | |
vocative | rachiule | rachiurilor |