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adrak

adrak is the alternative form of adraki.

Meaning of adraki

Noun

adraki (plural adrakis)

  1. (India) ginger

Forms of adrak

pluraladraks

Origin of adrak

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi अदरक (adrak) / Urdu اَدْرَک (adrak, “ginger”)), from Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅 (*āddaa), in turn from Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka, “ginger”), ultimately from आर्द्र (ārdra, “wet”), as fresh ginger is wet.

Questions about adrak

What is adrak the alternative form of?
Adrak is the alternative form of adraki.

Words near adrak in the dictionary

  1. Adragna
  2. Adragnas
  3. Adragon
  4. adragonist
  5. adragonists
  6. adrak
  7. adraki
  8. Adramelech
  9. Adrammelech
  10. adranosite
  11. Adrar Region

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adrak (page history and authors); adraki (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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