ʿrq
- ʿrq
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Arabic root, to sweat.
a. arrack,
raki,
from Arabic ʿaraq,
sweat,
a strong,
clear liquor made of raisins;
b. borage,
probably from Arabic būʿaraq,
from ʾabū ʿaraq,
father of sweat.
Both a and b from Arabic ʿaraq,
sweat,
from ʿariqa,
to sweat,
perspire.
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Universalium.
2010.