Iraqi

From Arabic عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi”), equivalent to Iraq +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑːki/, /ɪˈɹæki/

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Iraqi (plural Iraqis)

1. A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.
   • 2003 April 10, Bernard Weinraub, “Army Seeks to Present Troops as 'Liberators'”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The order, which effectively halts the display of the flag virtually anywhere in Iraq, except the United States Embassy, said that flying the flag on buildings in Iraq would only reenforce the anti-American message that the military was "here to oppress the Iraqis."

Iraqi (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of, from, or pertaining to Persian Iraq.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.
   • 2024 September 3, Eric Schmitt, “U.S. and Iraqi Commandos Targeted ISIS in Sprawling Operation”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The United States and other allied forces have helped Iraqi forces carry out more than 250 counterterrorism missions since last October, according to a senior U.S. military official.

• Iraqiness