اراک

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See also: آراک

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Readings
Classical reading? arāk
Dari reading? arāk
Iranian reading? arâk
Tajik reading? arok

Etymology 1

Persianization of earlier عراق (irāq, arāq / erâġ, arâġ), from Arabic اَلْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq), possibly a reference to عِرَاق الْعَجَم (ʕirāq al-ʕajam, “Persian Iraq”). The origin of Arabic اَلْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq) itself is uncertain, and some say it is an Arabization of اراک, not the other way around. That would ultimately derive it from Middle Persian (ˀyrg /⁠ērag⁠/) or (ˀl'k' /⁠erāg⁠/, “lowlands”).

Proper noun

اراک • (arāk / arâk) (Tajik spelling Арок)

  1. Arak (a city in Iran, the seat of Arak County's Central District and the capital of Markazi Province, formerly called Soltanabad)
    Synonym: (formerly) سلطان‌آباد (sultān-ābād / soltân-âbâd, “Soltanabad”)
  2. Arak (a county of Iran, around the city)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَرَاك (ʔarāk).

Noun

اراک • (arāk / arâk) (plural اراک‌ها (arāk-hā / arâk-hâ), or ارک (uruk / orok), or ارائک (arā'ik / arâ'ek), Tajik spelling арок)

  1. toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica)
    Synonyms: درختِ مسواک (diraxt-i miswāk / deraxt-e mesvâk, literally “toothbrush tree”), مسواک (miswāk / mesvâk, literally “toothbrush”), (Bandar Abbasi) چوج (čuj), (obsolete) شجرة‌السواک (šajaratu-s-siwāk / šajarato-s-sevâk), (rare) سواک (siwāk / sevâk, “Miswak or its wood”), (obsolete) پیلو (pīlū / pilu), (rare) درختِ شور (diraxt-i šōr / deraxt-e šur, “any sour tree”), (rare) درختِ شوره (diraxt-i šōra / deraxt-e šure, “any sour tree”), (obsolete) حمض (hamz, “any sour plant or its fruit”)
    1. (by extension, obsolete) any sour plant
  2. the fruit of the toothbrush tree
Derived terms
  • اراکستان (arākistān / arâkestân, “a place full of toothbrush trees”)
  • اراکناک (arāknāk / arâknâk, “a place full of toothbrush trees”)

Etymology 3

Either from Arabic or an alternative form of ارگ (arg, “citadel”).

Noun

اراک • (arāk / arâk) (Tajik spelling арок)

  1. (obsolete) a plot of land
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