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"ref": "2015 February 6, Henry Jeffreys, “How to enjoy ouzo, even when you’re not on holiday”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "In Lebanon they have arak, in Turkey raki, and they even make something similar in Saudi Arabia. This is not so surprising as the Arabs were probably the first people to distil alcohol; alcohol is an Arabic word. “Arak” means “sweat” in Arabic, and describes the distillation process rather than what happens when you drink too much.",
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"ipa": "/əˈɹæk/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛɹ.ɪk/"
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَرَق"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "araġ",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "արաղ"
},
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "araq"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"lang_code": "ba",
"roman": "araqı",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "араҡы"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "a.rak",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "အရက်"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "araq̇i",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "არაყი"
},
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"code": "de",
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
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"word": "Anisschnaps"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
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"word": "Arak"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
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],
"word": "Ouzo"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
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"code": "el",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "アラック"
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"code": "kk",
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"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "araq",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "арақ"
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"code": "kum",
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"roman": "haraqı",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "гьаракъы"
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "арак"
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"code": "lad",
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"code": "lad",
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "arak"
},
{
"code": "mr",
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"roman": "arak",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
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"word": "अरक"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "'araq",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "عرق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "arak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "áraque"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arak"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ара́к"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "arrak"
},
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "araq",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "арақ"
},
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"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"lang_code": "tt",
"roman": "araqı",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "аракы"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "rakı"
},
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "arak"
},
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"roman": "arák",
"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ара́к"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
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"sense": "a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink",
"word": "aroq"
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"ref": "1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 51",
"text": "They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kohl, and are constantly polishing their teeth with twigs of green arak-wood."
}
],
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"A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica)."
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