raki

English

Alternative forms

• rakee

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʕaraqiyy, “of liquor”), from عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arrack, arak”), literally, “sweat”, “condensate,” which refers to an ouzo-like liqueur made of raisins. Doublet of rakija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹækə/, /ɹæˈkɜː/, /ˈɹæki/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æki

Noun

raki (countable and uncountable, plural rakis)

1. A Turkish liqueur flavored with anise.

Related terms

• rakija, arrack, arak

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on raki

Anagrams

• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, ikra, krai, raik, rika

Albanian

Alternative forms

• raqi — archaic, dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈki/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

raki f (plural raki, definite rakia)

1. brandy, rakija

   raki kumbulle ― plum brandy

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Aromanian: rãchii

References

• “raki”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1632b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “raki”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 389
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “rakí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 422b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “raḱī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 361

Estonian

Noun

raki

1. genitive singular of rakk

Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish rakı.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑki/,
• Rhymes: -ɑki
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧ki

Noun

raki

1. raki

Declension

Further reading

• “raki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Irak, Kari, arki, kari

French

Etymology

From Turkish rakı.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

raki m (plural rakis)

1. raki

References

• “raki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽáː.kìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

rākī̀ m (possessed form rākìn)

1. fear, cowardice
2. argumentativeness

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːcɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːcɪ

Noun

raki m (genitive singular raka, no plural)

1. moisture, dampness, humidity

   Synonym: deigja

Declension

Derived terms

• rakaefni (“humectant”)
• rakagjafi (“humectant”)

Related terms

• rakur (“damp; humid”)

Verb

raki

1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of raka
2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of raka
3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of raka

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʕaraqiyy, “of liquor”), from عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat; liquor”).

Noun

raki m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ראקי)

1. arak

Latvian

Verb

raki

1. second-person singular past indicative of rakt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrakʲi/

Noun

raki

1. nominative plural of rak
2. accusative plural of rak

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *laki (“westerly wind”) (cognate with Fijian draki "weather" and Hawaiian laʻi "stillness, calm, peace"); sense of "dry" perhaps originally a semantic extension from the weather conditions brought by the wind surrounding New Zealand.

No words for the cardinal directions can be unambiguously reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian, as there would be little use for them on the small Polynesian islands. However, on the much larger North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu) of New Zealand, the usefulness of such terminology led the Māori to adopt this word for "north".

Noun

raki

1. north

   Synonyms: tokerau, tūāraki

2. drought

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

tapatapātiu	tokerau, raki	kārapu
uru		rāwhiti
uru-mā-tonga	tonga	pitonga

Adjective

raki

1. dry

References

Further reading

• “raki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi राखी (rākhī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaki/, /ɾakʰi/

Noun

raki

1. An ornamental wristband given by a young woman to a brother
2. Raksha Bandhan; religious ceremony

Alternative forms

• rakhi

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ki/
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ra‧ki

Noun

raki

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of rak

Quechua

Noun

raki

1. storehouse
2. Alternative spelling of rak'i

Declension

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

raki

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraki/
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ra‧ki

Noun

raki m (plural rakis)

1. raki

Further reading

• “raki”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

raki

1. a plantation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh