araks
araks is the plural of arak.
Meaning of arak
Noun (1)
arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)
- A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
- 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...2005 January 25, “The return of arak”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Noun (2)
arak (usually uncountable, plural araks)
- A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica).
- They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kohl, and are constantly polishing their teeth with twigs of green arak-wood.1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 51
Proper noun capitalized: Araks
Araks
Synonyms of araks
Forms of araks
| alternative form | Aras |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Araxes |
| alternative form | Arax |
Origin of araks
From Russian Ара́кс (Aráks) and Armenian Արաքս (Arakʻs). Doublet of Araxes and Yeraskh.
Questions about araks
- What does araks mean?
- Araks means a river in Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan and empties into Kura river.
- What is araks the plural of?
- Araks is the plural of arak.
- What part of speech is araks?
- Araks is a proper noun.
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