arak

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See also: árak and arák

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq). Doublet of ara.

Noun[edit]

arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)

  1. A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East.
  2. The 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.
  3. Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers in South Asia)

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Anagrams[edit]

Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧rak
  • Audio (BCL)
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Noun[edit]

arak

  1. wine, liquor, alcoholic beverage

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ceb‧a‧rak

Noun[edit]

arak

  1. the Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens)

Chamorro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq).

Noun[edit]

arak

  1. distilled liquor made from fermented coconut milk

Ilocano[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

árak

  1. wine; liquor; alcoholic beverage
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arák

  1. gathering; congregation; assembly
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Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq)

Noun[edit]

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
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

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Verb[edit]

arak

  1. to (casually) walk or move past
Conjugation[edit]
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
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Note: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are seldom used in standard Indonesian. Some also change meaning.
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Further reading[edit]

Malay[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. liquor, spirits
    Synonym: minuman keras
  2. beer
    Synonym: bir
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: arak
  • → Bikol Central: arak
  • → Chamorro: arak
  • → Ilocano: arak
  • → Limos Kalinga: alak
  • → Tagalog: alak

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

arak (Jawi spelling ارق‎)

  1. to walk in procession
Derived terms[edit]
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)
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Further reading[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

arak m inan

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

arak m (plural araks)

  1. Alternative form of áraque

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

arak m (Cyrillic spelling арак)

  1. double sheet

Taivoan[edit]

Noun[edit]

arak

  1. son

Tangam[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arak

  1. (anatomy) hand, arm

References[edit]

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

Yogad[edit]

Noun[edit]

arák

  1. (anatomy) throat
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