The story
- Arabic · derived fromعَرَقِيّ“of liquor”
- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromراقی
- English todayraki
From Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʕaraqiyy, “of liquor”), from عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arrack, arak”), literally, “sweat”, “condensate,” which refers to an ouzo-like liqueur made of raisins. Doublet of rakija.
Words from the same roots
Ottoman Turkishراقی all →
rakija
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.