Arak Definition

ărək, ə-răk
noun
Any of various alcoholic liquors of the Middle East, distilled from grapes, raisins, or dates and flavored with anise.
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A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East.

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Origin of Arak

  • Arabic short for ‘araq al-tamr literally, sweat of the date (the liquor having originally been distilled from date wine) ‘araq sweat (from ‘ariqa to sweat ʕrq2 in Semitic roots) al- the tamr date

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Arabic عرق

    From Wiktionary

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