ar·ak 
(ărək, ə-răk)
(ărək, ə-răk)n.
1. Any of various alcoholic liquors of the Middle East, distilled from grapes, raisins, or dates and flavored with anise.
2. See arrack.
[Arabic, short for 'araq al-tamr, literally, sweat of the date (the liquor having originally been distilled from date wine) : 'araq, sweat (from 'ariqa, to sweat; see ʿrq2 in Semitic roots) + al-, the + tamr, date.]
- Indo-European root: gwhedh-
- Indo-European root: gwhen-
- Indo-European root: gwher-
- Indo-European root: gwhren-
- Indo-European root: gwhrē-
- Indo-European root: gwhī-
- Indo-European root: gwou-
- Indo-European root: gwā-
- Indo-European root: gāu-
- Indo-European root: i-
- Indo-European root: kad-
- Indo-European root: kai-
- Indo-European root: kailo-
- Indo-European root: kaito-
- Indo-European root: kakka-
- Indo-European root: kan-
- Indo-European root: kand-
- Indo-European root: kap-
- Indo-European root: kaput-
- Indo-European root: kar-
- Indo-European root: kas-
- Indo-European root: kat-
- Indo-European root: kau-
- Indo-European root: kaə-id-
- Indo-European root: ked-