rakija

English

Alternative forms

• rakia

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian rakija/ракија, from Ottoman Turkish راقی‎ (rakı), assumed from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq, “sweat; wine”) (as rakija or wine vapor drops are similar to drops of sweat). Doublet of raki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːkɪə/

Noun

rakija (countable and uncountable, plural rakijas)

1. A strong distilled alcoholic beverage made from various fruits, varieties of which (such as slivovitz) are found across the Balkans and the Mediterranean. (Compare brandy.)

Synonyms

• pálenka

Translations

strong alcoholic drink

• Albanian: raki (sq) f
• Bulgarian: раки́я (bg) f (rakíja)
• French: rakia (fr)
• Greek: ρακή (el) f (rakí), ρακί (el) n (rakí)
• Hungarian: pálinka (hu)
• Italian: rakia
• Macedonian: ракија f (rakija)

• Ottoman Turkish: راقی‎ (rakı)
• Romanian: rachiu (ro) n
• Russian: ра́кия (ru) f (rákija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̀кија f

  Roman: ràkija (sh) f

• Turkish: rakı (tr)

Anagrams

• kajira

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish راقی‎ (rakı), from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq, “sweat; wine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǎkija/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ki‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

ràkija f (Cyrillic spelling ра̀кија)

1. (uncountable) rakija

Declension

Declension of rakija

	singular
nominative	rakija
genitive	rakije
dative	rakiji
accusative	rakiju
vocative	rakijo
locative	rakiji
instrumental	rakijom