arak
English
Noun
arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)
- A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East
- 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.
- 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 51:
Translations
a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink
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See also
- raki
Arak (distilled beverage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.rak/
Noun
arak (plural arak-arak, first-person possessive arakku, second-person possessive arakmu, third-person possessive araknya)
Synonyms
Malay
Noun
arak (Jawi spelling ارق, informal first-person possessive arakku, informal second-person possessive arakmu, third-person possessive araknya)
Synonyms
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