арак

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

• IPA^(key): /arak/

Noun

арак (arak)

1. vodka

   яӈ аракрахсунт

   jaŋ

   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.

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈrak]

Noun

ара́к • (arák) m inan (genitive ара́ка, uncountable)

1. arrack

Declension

Declension of ара́к (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	ара́к arák
genitive	ара́ка aráka
dative	ара́ку aráku
accusative	ара́к arák
instrumental	ара́ком arákom
prepositional	ара́ке aráke