Arak
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant. uncountable, usually
"A rite of the grape harvest in the Christian villages dotting the Lebanon mountain range[…] is the perfectly legal distillation of homemade arak. This smooth, cool, refreshing liquor, tasting of licorice with a soupçon of peppermint, remains the staple drink at Sunday lunch, an eat-till-you-drop extravaganza of small meze dishes."
- 2 A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica). uncountable, usually
"They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kohl, and are constantly polishing their teeth with twigs of green arak-wood."
- 3 any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses wordnet
- 4 Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers or sugar cane) alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
- 1 A city in Iran, the seat of Arak County's Central District and the capital of Markazi Province, formerly called Soltanabad.
- 2 A county of Iran, around the city.
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More examples"A rite of the grape harvest in the Christian villages dotting the Lebanon mountain range[…] is the perfectly legal distillation of homemade arak. This smooth, cool, refreshing liquor, tasting of licorice with a soupçon of peppermint, remains the staple drink at Sunday lunch, an eat-till-you-drop extravaganza of small meze dishes."
Etymology
From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat”), a reference to the condensate in the distillation process. Doublet of ara, raki, and rakija.
From Arabic أَرَاك (ʔarāk).
From Persian اراک (arâk).