The story
- Arabic · derived fromعَرَق“sweat; wine”
- Ottoman Turkish · derived fromراقی
- Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromrakija
- English todayrakija
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian rakija/ракија, from Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), assumed from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat; wine”) (as rakija or wine vapor drops are similar to drops of sweat). Doublet of raki.
Words from the same roots
Ottoman Turkishراقی all →
raki
Arabicعَرَق all →
arak
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.