Iraq

See also İraq

English

Wikipedia

Flag of Iraq: الله أكبر

Alternative forms

• Irak

Etymology

Possibly from Sumerian “Uruk” or “Warka” (Biblical “Erech”) region in the south of ancient Iraq. Medieval Arabic uses ‘Iraq’ as a geographical term for the area in the south and center of the modern Iraq. Some Arabic sources say that Iraq comes from عريق (ʕarí:q, “deep-rooted”), from عرق (ʕirq, “root”), while others say it is from Middle Persian's erāq (“lowlands”), due to historic rule from Iraq's plateau-situated neighbor, Persia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹak/
• (Australia) IPA: /ɪˈɹak/
• (US) IPA: /ɪˈɹæk/, /aɪˈɹæk/

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  • Rhymes: -ɑːk
  • Rhymes: -æk

Proper noun

Iraq

1. Country in Mesopotamia that borders on Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. Official name: Republic of Iraq.

Derived terms

• Iraqi

Translations

country

Abaza: Ирак (Irak) Amharic: ኢራቅ (’Irak’) Arabic: العراق (ar) (al-3iraaq) f. Armenian: Իրաք (hy) (Irak') Avar: ГІиракъ (ʕIraqʼ) Belarusian: Ірак (be) (Irak) m. Bengali: ইরাক (bn) Bosnian: Irak (bs) m. Breton: Iraq Bulgarian: Ирак (bg) (Irák) m. Catalan: Iraq (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 伊拉克 (cmn) (Yīlàkè) Croatian: Ìrāk (hr) m. Czech: Irák (cs) m. Danish: Irak (da) Dhivehi: އިރާގް (Irāg) Dutch: Irak (nl) Esperanto: Irako (eo) Estonian: Iraak (et) Finnish: Irak (fi) French: Iraq (fr) m., Irak (fr) m. Georgian: ერაყი (eraqi) German: Irak (de) m. Greek: Ιράκ (Irák) n. Hebrew: עיראק (’irák), עיראק (he) (’irák) Hindi: इराक़ (hi) (Irāq), इराक़ (hi) (Irāq) Hungarian: Irak (hu) Indonesian: Irak (id) Interlingua: Iraq Italian: Iraq m. Japanese: イラク (ja) (Iraku) Kalenjin: Irak Kamba: Iraki Khmer: អ៊ីរ៉ាក់ (km) (i rak) Kikuyu: Irak Korean: 이라크 (ko) (Irakeu) Kurdish: عێراق (Iraq) Kyrgyz: Ирак (Irak) Lak: Иракьул (Iraqul)

Latgalian: Iraks m. Latin: Iraquia f. Latvian: Irāka (lv) Lithuanian: Irakas (lt) Luhya: Irak, Irak Luo: Irak Macedonian: Ирак (mk) (Írak) m. Maltese: l-Iraq Meru: Iraki Mongolian: Ирак (mn) (Irak) Navajo: Iiwááʼ Norwegian: Irak (no) Persian: عراق (fa) (irāq) Polish: Irak (pl) m. Portuguese: Iraque (pt) Romanian: Irak (ro) n. Russian: Ирак (ru) (Irák) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: Ирак (sr) m. Roman: Irak m. Sindhi: عراق (irāq) Slovak: Irák (sk) Slovene: Irak (sl) Spanish: Irak (es) m. Swahili: Iraki (sw) Swedish: Irak (sv) Tabassaran: Иракь (Iraq) Tagalog: Irák Tajik: Ироқ (Iroq) Tamil: இராக் (Irāk), ஈராக் (Īrāk) Thai: อิรัก (th) (ì-rák) Turkish: Irak (tr) Turkmen: Yrak (tk) Ukrainian: Ірак (uk) (Irák) m. Urdu: عراق (ur) (Irāq) Uyghur: ﺋﯩﺮﺍﻕ (’iraq) Welsh: Irac (cy) Yiddish: איראַק (Irák)

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Northern Altai: Ирак (Irak) Southern Altai: Ирак (Irak)

See also

• Baghdad
• Appendix:Countries of the world

Anagrams

• riq'a

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Italian

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Proper noun

Iraq m.

1. Iraq

Derived terms

• iracheno

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Spanish

Proper noun

Iraq m.

1. Alternative spelling of Irak.