Where does “ardıç rakısı” come from?
ardıç rakısı (Turkish) comes from Turkish rakı, from Ottoman Turkish راقی, from Arabic عَرَقِيّ, from Arabic عَرَق, from Arabic عرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
ardıç rakısı (Turkish): gin
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ardıç rakısı”, step by step
ardıç rakısı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish rakı
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | rakı | raki |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | راقی | liqueur, brandy, raki |
| 3 | Arabic | عَرَقِيّ | of liquor |
| 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 |