arak

See also: árak and arák

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat”), a reference to the condensate in the distillation process. Doublet of ara, raki, and rakija.

Alternative forms

• araq, arrack, rack

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹæk/, /ˈɛɹ.ɪk/

Noun

arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)

1. A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
   • 2005 January 25, “The return of arak”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A rite of the grape harvest in the Christian villages dotting the Lebanon mountain range […] is the perfectly legal distillation of homemade arak. This smooth, cool, refreshing liquor, tasting of licorice with a soupçon of peppermint, remains the staple drink at Sunday lunch, an eat-till-you-drop extravaganza of small meze dishes.

   • 2015 February 6, Henry Jeffreys, “How to enjoy ouzo, even when you’re not on holiday”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     In Lebanon they have arak, in Turkey raki, and they even make something similar in Saudi Arabia. This is not so surprising as the Arabs were probably the first people to distil alcohol; alcohol is an Arabic word. “Arak” means “sweat” in Arabic, and describes the distillation process rather than what happens when you drink too much.

2. Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers or sugar cane)

Translations

a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink

• Arabic: عَرَق m (ʕaraq)
• Armenian: արաղ (hy) (araġ)
• Azerbaijani: araq (az)
• Bashkir: араҡы (araqı)
• Burmese: အရက် (my) (a.rak)
• Georgian: არაყი (ka) (araq̇i)
• German: Anisschnaps (de) m; Arak (de) m; Ouzo (de) m; Raki (de) m
• Hebrew: עַרַק (he) m (arák)
• Hindi: अरक (hi) m (arak), अर्क (hi) m (ark)
• Japanese: アラック (arakku), アラク (araku)
• Kazakh: арақ (araq)
• Kumyk: гьаракъы (haraqı)
• Kyrgyz: арак (ky) (arak)
• Ladino:

  Hebrew: ראקי m

  Latin: raki m

• Malay: arak (ms)
• Persian: عرق (fa) ('araq)
• Polish: arak (pl) m
• Portuguese: áraque m, arak m
• Russian: ара́к (ru) m (arák)
• Swedish: arrak (sv) c
• Tajik: арақ (araq)
• Tatar: аракы (tt) (araqı)
• Turkish: rakı (tr)
• Turkmen: arak (tk)
• Ukrainian: ара́к (uk) m (arák)
• Uzbek: aroq (uz)

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَرَاك (ʔarāk).

Noun

arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)

1. A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica).
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 51:

     They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kohl, and are constantly polishing their teeth with twigs of green arak-wood.

Further reading

• arak (drink) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Kara, kara, rak'a

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Tagalog alak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧rak
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾak/, [ˈʔa.ɾak]

• Audio (BCL)

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Noun

árak (Basahan spelling ᜀᜍᜃ᜔)

1. liquor, alcoholic beverage
2. wine

   Synonym: (slang, dated) agwa de pataranta

See also

• serbesa

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧rak
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾak/, [ˈʔa.ɾ̪ʌk]

Noun

arak

1. Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens)

Chamorro

Etymology

From Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

Noun

arak

1. distilled liquor made from fermented coconut milk

Galo

Noun

arak

1. cliff

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: á‧rak
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾak/

Noun

árak

1. wine; liquor; alcoholic beverage
2. alcohol

   Synonym: alkohol

Derived terms

• agarak
• araken
• inarak
• pagaraken

 

See also

• basi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aʀak (“to walk single-file”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧rák
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɾak/, [ʔɐˈɾak]

Noun

arák

1. gathering; congregation; assembly

Derived terms

• agarak

 

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.rak/

Etymology 1

From Malay arak, from Classical Malay ارق (arak), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

Noun

arak (plural arak-arak, first-person possessive arakku, second-person possessive arakmu, third-person possessive araknya)

1. arrack; an alcoholic beverage usually made from fermenting rice; rice wine

Synonyms

• tuak

Derived terms

• pengarakan

 

• arak jawa
• arak obat

 

Etymology 2

From Malay arak, from Classical Malay ارق (arak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aʀak (“to walk single-file”).

Verb

arak

1. to (casually) walk or move past

   ...pengantin wanita dan pengantin laki-laki... di arak atau pawai di sekitar kampung. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of arak (meng-, ber-, intransitive)
Root	arak
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengarak, berarak	terarak	diarak	arak	araklah
Locative	mengaraki		diaraki	araki	arakilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengarakkan, berarakkan	terarakkan	diarakkan	arakkan	arakkanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1			diperarakkan
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• arak-arakan
• arakan
• berarak
• berarak-arakan
• berarakan
• mengarak
• pengarak
• perarakan

 

Further reading

• “arak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

Noun

arak (Jawi spelling ارق, informal 1st possessive arakku, 2nd possessive arakmu, 3rd possessive araknya)

1. liquor, spirits, alcoholic beverage

   Synonym: minuman keras

2. beer

   Synonym: bir

3. rice wine

   Synonym: tuak

Descendants

• Indonesian: arak
• → Bikol Central: arak
• → Chamorro: arak
• → Ilocano: arak
• → Limos Kalinga: alak
• → Tagalog: alak

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aʀak (“walk single-file; be positioned one behind the other”).

Verb

arak (Jawi spelling ارق)

1. to walk in procession

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengarak [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pengarakan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• arakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• arak-arakan [reduplication + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (redup + -an)
• perarakan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• mengarak [agent focus] (meN-)
• diarak [patient focus] (di-)
• berarak [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berarak-arakan [reduplication + stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (redup + beR- + -an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: arak

Further reading

• “arak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rak/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -arak
• Syllabification: a‧rak

Noun

arak m inan

1. arak (clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East)

Declension

Usually in the singular.

Declension of arak

	singular	plural
nominative	arak	araki
genitive	araku	araków
dative	arakowi	arakom
accusative	arak	araki
instrumental	arakiem	arakami
locative	araku	arakach
vocative	araku	araki

Derived terms

adjective

• arakowy

 

Further reading

• arak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• arak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

arak m (plural araks)

1. Alternative form of áraque

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

arak m (Cyrillic spelling арак)

1. double sheet

Taivoan

Noun

arak

1. son

Tangam

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. Cognates include Burmese လက် (lak) and Tibetan ལག (lag).

Noun

arak

1. (anatomy) hand, arm

References

• Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN

Yogad

Noun

arák

1. (anatomy) throat