# raki
## English
### Alternative forms

* rakee

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʕaraqiyy, “of liquor”), from عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arrack, arak”), literally, “sweat”, “condensate,” which refers to an ouzo-like liqueur made of raisins. Doublet of rakija.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹækə/, /ɹæˈkɜː/, /ˈɹæki/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æki

### Noun

raki (countable and uncountable, plural rakis)
* A Turkish liqueur flavored with anise.

#### Related terms

* rakija, arrack, arak

#### See also

* Wikipedia article on raki

### Anagrams

* kira, raik, rika, Rika, Arik, krai, ikra, Irak, Kira, Kari

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* raqi — archaic, dialectal

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾaˈki/
* Rhymes: -i

### Noun

rakí f (plural raki, definite rakia)
* brandy, rakija
    raki kumbulle ― plum brandy

#### Derived terms

* rakishitës
* rakixhi

#### Descendants

* → Aromanian: rãchii

### References

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 1632b
* Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “raki”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 389
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “rakí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 422b
* Meyer, G. (1891) “raḱī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 361

## Estonian
### Noun

raki
* genitive singular of rakk

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Turkish rakı.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑki/, [ˈrɑ̝k̟i]
* Rhymes: -ɑki
* Hyphenation: ra‧ki

### Noun

raki
* raki

#### Declension

Possessive forms of raki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rakini
rakini
accusative
nom.
rakini
rakini
gen.
rakini
genitive
rakini
rakieni
partitive
rakiani
rakejani
inessive
rakissani
rakeissani
elative
rakistani
rakeistani
illative
rakiini
rakeihini
adessive
rakillani
rakeillani
ablative
rakiltani
rakeiltani
allative
rakilleni
rakeilleni
essive
rakinani
rakeinani
translative
rakikseni
rakeikseni
abessive
rakittani
rakeittani
instructive
comitative
—rakeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rakisi
rakisi
accusative
nom.
rakisi
rakisi
gen.
rakisi
genitive
rakisi
rakiesi
partitive
rakiasi
rakejasi
inessive
rakissasi
rakeissasi
elative
rakistasi
rakeistasi
illative
rakiisi
rakeihisi
adessive
rakillasi
rakeillasi
ablative
rakiltasi
rakeiltasi
allative
rakillesi
rakeillesi
essive
rakinasi
rakeinasi
translative
rakiksesi
rakeiksesi
abessive
rakittasi
rakeittasi
instructive
comitative
—rakeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rakimme
rakimme
accusative
nom.
rakimme
rakimme
gen.
rakimme
genitive
rakimme
rakiemme
partitive
rakiamme
rakejamme
inessive
rakissamme
rakeissamme
elative
rakistamme
rakeistamme
illative
rakiimme
rakeihimme
adessive
rakillamme
rakeillamme
ablative
rakiltamme
rakeiltamme
allative
rakillemme
rakeillemme
essive
rakinamme
rakeinamme
translative
rakiksemme
rakeiksemme
abessive
rakittamme
rakeittamme
instructive
comitative
—rakeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rakinne
rakinne
accusative
nom.
rakinne
rakinne
gen.
rakinne
genitive
rakinne
rakienne
partitive
rakianne
rakejanne
inessive
rakissanne
rakeissanne
elative
rakistanne
rakeistanne
illative
rakiinne
rakeihinne
adessive
rakillanne
rakeillanne
ablative
rakiltanne
rakeiltanne
allative
rakillenne
rakeillenne
essive
rakinanne
rakeinanne
translative
rakiksenne
rakeiksenne
abessive
rakittanne
rakeittanne
instructive
comitative
—rakeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rakinsa
rakinsa
accusative
nom.
rakinsa
rakinsa
gen.
rakinsa
genitive
rakinsa
rakiensa
partitive
rakiaan rakiansa
rakejaan rakejansa
inessive
rakissaan rakissansa
rakeissaan rakeissansa
elative
rakistaan rakistansa
rakeistaan rakeistansa
illative
rakiinsa
rakeihinsa
adessive
rakillaan rakillansa
rakeillaan rakeillansa
ablative
rakiltaan rakiltansa
rakeiltaan rakeiltansa
allative
rakilleen rakillensa
rakeilleen rakeillensa
essive
rakinaan rakinansa
rakeinaan rakeinansa
translative
rakikseen rakiksensa
rakeikseen rakeiksensa
abessive
rakittaan rakittansa
rakeittaan rakeittansa
instructive
comitative
—rakeineen rakeinensa :

### Further reading

* “raki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Irak, Kari, arki, kari

## French
### Etymology

From Turkish rakı.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

raki m (plural rakis)
* raki

### References

* “raki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɽáː.kìː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ɽáː.cìː]

### Noun

rākī̀ m (possessed form rākìn)
* fear, cowardice
* argumentativeness

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraːcɪ/
* Rhymes: -aːcɪ

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

raki m (genitive singular raka, no plural)
* moisture, dampness, humidity
    Synonym: deigja

##### Derived terms

* rakaefni (“humectant”)
* rakagjafi (“humectant”)

##### Related terms

* rakur (“damp; humid”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

raki
* first-person singular active present subjunctive of raka
* third-person singular active present subjunctive of raka
* third-person plural active present subjunctive of raka

## Ladino
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʕaraqiyy, “of liquor”), from عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat; liquor”).

### Noun

raki m (Hebrew spelling ראקי)
* arak

## Latvian
### Verb

raki
* second-person singular past indicative of rakt

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrakʲi/

### Noun

raki
* nominative plural of rak
* accusative plural of rak

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *laki (“westerly wind”) (cognate with Fijian draki "weather" and Hawaiian laʻi "stillness, calm, peace"); sense of "dry" perhaps originally a semantic extension from the weather conditions brought by the wind surrounding New Zealand.
No words for the cardinal directions can be unambiguously reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian, as there would be little use for them on the small Polynesian islands. However, on the much larger North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu) of New Zealand, the usefulness of such terminology led the Māori to adopt this word for "north".

### Noun

raki
* north
    Synonyms: tokerau, tūāraki
* drought

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| tapatapātiu | tokerau raki | kārapu |
| uru | | rāwhiti |
| uru-mā-tonga | tonga | pitonga |

### Adjective

raki
* dry

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “laki”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 388
* ↑ Bruce Biggs (1994) “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley, M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, →DOI, page 26.

### Further reading

* “raki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From Hindi राखी (rākhī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɰaki/, /ɾakʰi/

### Noun

raki
* An ornamental wristband given by a young woman to a brother
* Raksha Bandhan; religious ceremony

#### Alternative forms

* rakhi

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.ki/
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: ra‧ki

### Noun

raki
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of rak

## Quechua
### Noun

raki
* storehouse
* Alternative spelling of rak'i

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraki/ [ˈra.ki]
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: ra‧ki

### Noun

raki m (plural rakis)
* raki

### Further reading

* “raki”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɾa.ki]

### Noun

raki
* a plantation

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh