Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic اراق
Cyrillic арақ
Latin araq

Etymology edit

From *araqï (vodka), from Persian عَرَق ('araq, alcoholic drink), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, raisin liquor).

Cognate with Bashkir араҡы (araqı, vodka), Kumyk гьаракъы (haraqı, vodka), Karachay-Balkar аракъы (araqı, vodka), Southern Altai аракы (arakï, vodka), Khakas араға (arağa, alcoholic drink), Kyrgyz арак (arak, vodka) Tuvan арага (araga, vodka; wine), Yakut арыгы (arıgı, wine), etc.

Noun edit

арақ (araq)

  1. vodka

Declension edit