Where does “raksi” come from?
raksi (English) comes from Nepali रक्सी, from Tibetan རག་ཤི, from Tibetan ཨ་རག, from Arabic عَرَق, from Arabic عرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
raksi (English): A traditional distilled alcoholic beverage in...
Definitions
- A traditional distilled alcoholic beverage in...
Ancestry of “raksi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepali | रक्सी | raksi; alcoholic beverage in general |
| 2 | Tibetan | རག་ཤི | liquor from mowah flowers; raksi |
| 3 | Tibetan | ཨ་རག | alcohol or liquor, especially arag |
| 4 | Arabic | عَرَق | sweat; liquor; sweat; wine; raisin liquor |
| 5 | Arabic | عرق | to strip of flesh, to nibble; to be emaciated; to... |
| 6 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 7 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |