Where does “ракија” come from?
ракија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish راقی, from Arabic عَرَقِيّ, from Arabic عَرَق, from Arabic عرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
ракија (Serbo-Croatian): rakija
Ancestry of “ракија”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | راقی | liqueur, brandy, raki |
| 2 | Arabic | عَرَقِيّ | of liquor |
| 3 | Arabic | عَرَق | sweat; liquor; sweat; wine; raisin liquor |
| 4 | Arabic | عرق | to strip of flesh, to nibble; to be emaciated; to... |
| 5 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 6 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |