raki

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From Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʕaraqiyy, “of liquor”), from عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arrack, arak”), literally, “sweat”, “condensate,” which refers to an ouzo-like liqueur made of raisins. Doublet of rakija.

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: raki — liqueur flavored with anise
• Albanian: raki — liqueur flavored with anise
• Armenian: ռաքը (ṙakʻə) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Bulgarian: раки́я (rakíja) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Czech: raki — liqueur flavored with anise
• Danish: raki — liqueur flavored with anise
• Greek: ρακή (rakí) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Greek: ρακί (rakí) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Kazakh: арақ (araq) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Macedonian: ракија (rakija) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Iranian Persian: راکی (râki) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Polish: rakı — liqueur flavored with anise
• Romanian: rachiu — liqueur flavored with anise
• Russian: ракы́ (raký) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Russian: ара́к (arák) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Russian: ра́кия (rákija) — liqueur flavored with anise
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̀кија — liqueur flavored with anise
• Serbo-Croatian: ràkija — liqueur flavored with anise
• Turkish: rakı — liqueur flavored with anise
• Ottoman Turkish: راقی (rakı) — liqueur flavored with anise