| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rak·i |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r k  , räk, räk |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also rak·ee |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. rak·is also rak·ees
A brandy of Turkey and the Balkans, distilled from grapes or plums and flavored with anise. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Turkish r q , from Arabic ‘araq, arrack. See arrack.
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