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4 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
originFrom Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat”), a reference to the condensate in the distillation process. Doublet of ara, raki, and rakija.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0