Etymology

Iraq

I1R1A1Q10

Today it means: A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad. Full definition →

Arabic الْعِرَاق
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالْعِرَاق“Iraq”
  2. English todayIraq

Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.