raki

or ra·kee

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

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

Origin of raki

1
First recorded in 1610–20; from Ottoman Turkish raqi (Turkish raki ) “spirits, brandy,” from Arabic ʿaraqī, equivalent to ʿaraq arrack + a suffix indicating relationship or origin

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How to use raki in a sentence

  • We very soon exhausted these, for Cyprus wine seemed a great delicacy, after the rough Albanian wines and rakis.

    Albania | E. F. Knight

British Dictionary definitions for raki

raki

rakee

/ (rɑːˈkiː, ˈrækɪ) /


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

Origin of raki

1
C17: from Turkish rāqī

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