araka

Malagasy

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aRak (“walk single-file; be positioned one behind the other”).

Preposition

araka

1. according to; following

Noun

araka

1. following; accompanying
2. imitation

Etymology 2

Adjective

araka

1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of sasatra

Etymology 3

From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arrack”).

Noun

araka

1. (dialectal) rum