arak

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

• araq, arrack, rack

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹæk/, /ˈɛɹ.ɪk/

arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)

2. 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.

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

From Arabic أَرَاك (ʔarāk).

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.

• arak (drink) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• kara, rak'a, akra, Kara

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾak/ [ˈʔa.ɾak]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧rak

árak (Basahan spelling ᜀᜍᜃ᜔)

1. liquor, alcoholic beverage
2. wine

   Synonyms: agwa de pataranta (slang, dated), bino (rare)

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

arak

1. Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens)

From Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

arak

1. distilled liquor made from fermented coconut milk

arak

1. cliff

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾak/ [ˈʔɐ.ɾak]
• Hyphenation: á‧rak

árak (Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

1. wine; liquor; alcoholic beverage
2. alcohol

   Synonym: alkohol

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

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

arák

1. gathering; congregation; assembly

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rak/, [ˈa.rak̚]
• Hyphenation: a‧rak

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

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

   Synonym: tuak

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

arak

1. to (casually) walk or move past

   ...pengantin wanita dan pengantin laki-laki... di arak atau pawai di sekitar kampung.^[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation of arak (meng-, ber-, intransitive)
Root	arak
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈarak/ [ˈa.raʔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧rak

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

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

• Indonesian: arak
• → Bikol Central: arak
• → Central Dusun: talak
• → Chamorro: arak
• → Coastal Kadazan: talak
• → Ilocano: arak
• → Limos Kalinga: alak
• → Tagalog: alak

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

arak (Jawi spelling ارق)

1. to walk in procession

• Indonesian: arak

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

Borrowed from Turkish arak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arak
• Syllabification: a‧rak
• Homophone: Arak

arak m inan (diminutive araczek, related adjective arakowy)

1. arak (clear, unsweetened, aniseed-flavored alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant)

• → Kashubian: arak
• → Slovincian: arak

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

arak m (plural araks)

1. Alternative form of áraque

arak m (Cyrillic spelling арак)

1. double sheet

Borrowed from Polish arak. Compare Kashubian arak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rak/
• Rhymes: -arak
• Syllabification: a‧rak

arak m inan

1. arak (clear, unsweetened, aniseed-flavored alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant)

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ãrăk”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 5

arak

1. son

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

arak

1. (anatomy) hand, arm

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

arák

1. (anatomy) throat