Meaning of arak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Arak:
2. A city in Iran, the seat of Arak County's Central District and the capital of Markazi Province, formerly called Soltanabad
3. A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
   uncountable, usually
4. A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica).
   uncountable, usually
5. A city in Iran, the seat of Arak County's Central District and the capital of Markazi Province, formerly called Soltanabad.
6. A county of Iran, around the city
7. Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers or sugar cane)
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
8. A county of Iran, around the city.

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Examples

“A rite of the grape harvest in the Christian villages dotting the Lebanon mountain range[…] is the perfectly legal distillation of homemade arak. This smooth, cool, refreshing liquor, tasting of licorice with a soupçon of peppermint, remains the staple drink at Sunday lunch, an eat-till-you-drop extravaganza of small meze dishes.”

“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.”

“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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