yarak

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US/ˈja.ɹak/

noun

A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.

OriginPersian یارکی →
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Meanings

nounyarak (uncountable)
  1. uncountablefalconryA super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.

    Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because he knew that he had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and the Wart had to shout after him the right way.

    1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone)

Origin

  1. Persianیارکی“power, strength, ability, boldness”
  2. Englishyarak

From Persian یارکی (yâraki, “power, strength, ability, boldness”).

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APA

yarak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yarak

MLA

“yarak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yarak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yarak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yarak.

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