rakija

English

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Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian rakija/ракија, from Turkish, probably from Arabic عرق ('araq, “sweat or wine”) (as the rakija or wine vapor drops are similar to drops of sweat). Exact etymology is hard to pinpoint as this word (or a variant of it) is found throughout the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Pronunciation

• ra-khy-ya

Noun

rakija (uncountable)

1. A strong distilled alcoholic beverage made from various fruits. "Rakija" is the general name for drinks of this type. In English, the closest equivalents are whiskey and brandy. Different types of rakijas exist across the Balkans and the Mediterranean. One of them is the slivovitz, the national drink of Serbia.

Translations

strong alcoholic drink

• Albanian: raki (sq)
• Bulgarian: ракия (bg) (rakija) f
• French: rakia (fr)
• Greek: ρακή (el) (rakí) f, ρακί (el) (rakí) n
• Hungarian: pálinka (hu)
• Italian: rakia (it)

• Macedonian: ракија (mk) (rákija) f
• Russian: ракия (ru) (rakija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̀кија (sh) f

  Roman: ràkija (sh) f

• Turkish: rakı (tr)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Turkish rakı, probably from Arabic عرق ('araq, “sweat or wine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rǎkija/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ki‧ja

Noun

ràkija f (Cyrillic spelling ра̀кија)

1. (uncountable) rakija

Declension

    declension of rakija

	singular
nominative	rakija
genitive	rakije
dative	rakiji
accusative	rakiju
vocative	rakijo
locative	rakiji
instrumental	rakijom