raki

American  

[rah-kee, ruh-, rak-ee, rah-kee] / rɑˈki, rə-, ˈræk i, ˈrɑ ki /

Or rakee

noun

1. a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and western Asia.

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raki British  

/ ˈrækɪ, rɑːˈkiː /

noun

1. a strong spirit distilled in Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, etc, from grain, usually flavoured with aniseed or other aromatics

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Etymology

Origin of raki

First recorded in 1610–20; from Ottoman Turkish raqi (Turkish raki ) “spirits, brandy,” from Arabic ʿaraqī, equivalent to ʿaraq arrack + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin

Example Sentences

“It’s nothing. He has to go to the bathroom. Anyway, we were saved, and your spices are great. How about five bags of cherry paste and two bottles of raki for this bag of gunpowder, given to me by the troll king—very rare!”

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“Maybe one bag of cherry paste and one jar of raki.”

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Finally, he shoved the tea tray into my chest and took the jar of raki.

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I had to stuff the jar of raki and the packet of cherry paste under the bundles of wool on the pack mule in order to yank on Rostam’s harness with both hands.

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Instead, I unloaded the bundles of wool and stacked them in a pile against the side of the building, making sure to take out the jar of raki and packet of cherry paste.

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