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English
Etymology
From SH. rakija < possibly from Arabic ARchar|عر� ('araq) meaning sweat or wine (as the rakija or wine vapor drops are similar to drops of sweat). Exact etymology is hard to pinpoint as this word (or a variant of it) is found throughout the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Pronunciation
ra-khy-ya
Noun
rakija
- Strong, alcohol|alcoholic drink made from various fruits. "Rakija" is the general name for drinks of this type. In English, the closest equivqlents are whiskey and brandy. Different types of rakijas exist across the Balkans and the Mediterranean. One of them is the slivovitz, the national drink of Serbia.
Translations
Albanian: raki
Bosnian: rakija#Bosnian|rakija f
Bulgarian: �аки� (rakija) f
Croatian: rakija#Croatian|rakija f
French: rakia
Greek: �ακή [ra�ci] f, �ακί [ra�ci] n
Italian: rakia
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Macedonian: �аки�а f
Russian: �аки� (rakija) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �аки�а#Serbian|�аки�а f
:Roman: rakija#Serbian|rakija f
Turkish: rakı
Category:Alcoholic beverages
Bosnian
Noun
rakija f
- rakija
Category:bs:Alcoholic beverages
Category:Bosnian nouns
Croatian
Noun
rakija f
- rakija
Category:Croatian nouns
Serbian
Noun
rakija f
- rakija
Cyrillic spelling
�аки�а#Serbian|�аки�а
Category:sr:Alcoholic beverages
Category:Serbian nouns
el:rakija
it:rakija
ru:rakija
sh:rakija
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