Iraqi

Rarely Iraki

[ih-rak-ee, ih-rah-kee]

noun

plural

Iraqis 

1. a native of Iraq.

2. Also Iraqi Arabic the dialect of Arabic spoken in Iraq.

adjective

1. of or relating to Iraq, its inhabitants, or their language.

Iraqi

/ ɪˈrɑːkɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to Iraq or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Iraq

Other Word Forms

• anti-Iraqi noun
• pro-Iraqi noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Iraqi¹

First recorded in 1770–80; from Arabic ʿIrāqī, equivalent to ʿIrāq Iraq + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin

Example Sentences

This alliance included the Lebanese Hezbollah organization, the Houthis in Yemen, the Iraqi Shiite militias, the Assad regime in Syria, and Hamas and Islamic Jihad among the Palestinians.

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Their work builds on years of collaborative research through the Lagash Archaeological Project, which brings together Iraqi archaeologists and the Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania.

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He said his employment should have qualified him for a Special Immigrant Visa, a class of green cards that Congress created to reward Afghans and Iraqis who worked with the U.S. military.

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Fatima Al-Wardi, a 30-year-old Iraqi Muslim who runs a humanitarian project in Baghdad, had never seen the sea before the voyage.

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Armed gunmen opened fire early Saturday on the office of an Iraqi parliamentary candidate south of Baghdad, wounding two bodyguards, a security source said.

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