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√ʕRQ
▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl arak, arrack, raki (< Tu rakı), from Ar ʕaraq, originally short for ʕaraq al-tamr, lit. ‘sweat of the date’ (arak originally having been distilled from date wine); borage, prob. from Ar būʕaraq, from ʔabū ʕaraq ‘father of sweat’; all from Ar ʕaraq ‘sweat’, from ʕariqa ‘to sweat, perspire’.
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