арак

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Kyrgyz

Etymology

From *araqï (vodka), from Persian عَرَق ('araq, alcoholic drink), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, raisin liquor).

Cognate with Bashkir араҡы (araqı, vodka), Kazakh арақ (araq, vodka), Kumyk гьаракъы (haraqı, vodka), Karachay-Balkar аракъы (araqı, vodka), Southern Altai аракы (arakï, vodka), Khakas араға (arağa, alcoholic drink), Tuvan арага (araga, vodka; wine), Yakut арыгы (arıgı, wine), etc.

Noun

арак (arak) (Arabic spelling اراق)

  1. vodka

Declension

References

Nivkh

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᡵᡴᡳ (arki), from Proto-Tungusic *arakïï. Ultimately from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq). Compare also Nanai арақи̇ (araqï), Mongolian архи (arxi) and Bashkir араҡы (araqı).

Pronunciation

Noun

арак (arak)

  1. vodka
    Яӈ арак рахсунт.
    Jaŋ arak raxsunt.
    He does not drink vodka.

References

  • Č. M. Taksami (1983) Словарь нивхско-русский и русско-нивхский [Nivkh-Russian and Russian-Nivkh Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg: «Просвещение» Ленинградское отделение, published 1996, →ISBN, page 34.

Russian

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq)

Pronunciation

Noun

ара́к (arákm inan (genitive ара́ка, uncountable)

  1. arrack

Declension

Ukrainian

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Etymology

From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq)

Pronunciation

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Noun

ара́к (arákm inan (genitive ара́ка, nominative plural ара́ки, genitive plural ара́ків, relational adjective ара́ковий)

  1. arrack

Declension

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