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Where does “ཨ་རག” come from?

ཨ་རག (Tibetan) comes from Arabic عَرَق, from Arabic عرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

ཨ་རག (Tibetan): alcohol or liquor, especially arag

Definitions

  1. alcohol or liquor, especially arag

Ancestry of “ཨ་རག”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَرَقsweat; liquor; sweat; wine; raisin liquor
2Arabicعرقto strip of flesh, to nibble; to be emaciated; to...
3Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
4Arabicرَأَىto see

Words derived from “ཨ་རག”

  • རག་ཤི
  • रक्सी
Every word from Arabic رَأَى →