"arrack" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈɹæk/, /ˈɛɹ.ɪk/ Forms: arracks [plural]
Etymology: See arak. Etymology templates: {{m|en|arak}} arak Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} arrack (countable and uncountable, plural arracks)
  1. An alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers in South Asia. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: palm arrack Translations (South Asian drink): arrakki (Finnish), ചാരായം (cārāyaṁ) (Malayalam), सरक (saraka) (Sanskrit), சாராயம் (cārāyam) (Tamil), సారాయి (sārāyi) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-arrack-en-noun-B~pIdFIr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 3 16 Disambiguation of 'South Asian drink': 76 6 19
  2. An alcoholic drink made from sugar cane and fermented red rice in Indonesia. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Batavia arrack
    Sense id: en-arrack-en-noun-kEcbQ-V8
  3. Alternative spelling of arak (“aniseed-flavored alcoholic drink consumed primarily in the Middle East”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: arak (extra: aniseed-flavored alcoholic drink consumed primarily in the Middle East)
    Sense id: en-arrack-en-noun-zicu-gWM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arak Derived forms: pariah arrack Translations (Indonesian drink): arrakki (Finnish), arak (Indonesian)
Disambiguation of 'Indonesian drink': 41 23 36

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