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yarak

US/ˈja.ɹak/

yarak noun: a super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.

Noun

yarak (uncountable)

  1. A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
    • Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because he knew that he had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and the Wart had to shout after him the right way.1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone)

Origin of yarak

From Persian یارکی (yâraki, “power, strength, ability, boldness”).

Questions about yarak

What does yarak mean?
Yarak means a super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
What part of speech is yarak?
Yarak is a noun.
How do you pronounce yarak?
Yarak is pronounced /ˈja.ɹak/ (US).

Words near yarak in the dictionary

  1. yar
  2. Yara
  3. Yaraba
  4. Yaracuy
  5. yarage
  6. yarak
  7. Yaralde
  8. yaram
  9. yaranga
  10. yarangas
  11. Yarara

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