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Irak

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See also: Irák, Írak, and ırak
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English

Proper noun

Irak

  1. (dated and non-native speakers' English) Rare spelling of Iraq.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 41:
      Ben Shohnah relates, that in the year 456 of the Hejira, in the reign of Caiem, the twenty-sixth caliph of the house of Abbas, a report was raised in Bagdad which immediately spread throughout the whole province of Irak, that some Turks being out hunting saw in the desert a black tent, beneath which there was a number of people of both sexes, who were beating their cheeks, and uttering loud cries, as is the custom in the East when any one is dead.

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Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East; capital: Bagdad)

Derived terms

Albanian

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Irak m (definite Iraku)

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
    Synonym: Republika e Irakut

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Cornish

Cornish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English Iraq, from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: powyow Asi (appendix)edit
  • irakek (“Iraqi”, adjective)
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Danish

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Etymology

From Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈrɑk/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Irak n

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Faroese

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Proper noun

Irak n

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈirɑk/, [ˈirɑ̝k]
  • Rhymes: -irɑk
  • Syllabification(key): I‧rak
  • Hyphenation(key): I‧rak

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
    Irakin tasavalta ― Republic of Iraq

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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French

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irak m

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Derived terms

See also

countries in Asia: pays d'Asie (appendix)edit
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German

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irak m or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Iraks or Irak, plural Irak)

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Siegfried Auermann, Germanen und Wikinger. Wikingerfahrten, Normanenreiche, Runenkunde, Reinhard Welz Vermittler Verlag Mannheim e.K., page 101:
      Dreißig Jahre nachher fuhren ſie auf Strömen und über Land in das Kaſpische Meer hinein, ſpäter drangen ſie gar bis nach Aserbeidſchan und in das Irak vor.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1821, Friedrich Chriſtoph Schloſſer, Weltgeſchichte in zuſammenhängender Erzählung. Dritten Bandes erſter Theil, page 82:
      Auch mit ſeinem Halbbruder Mohammed mußte er hernach theilen h); dieſer behielt Aderbidſchan und ihm ſelbst blieb nur die Herrſchaft des Oſtens und die Oberlehnsherrſchaft über beide Irak.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1824, Joſeph von Hammer, Motenebbi, der größte arabiſche Dichter, page XXIX:
      Motenebbi hatte zwar ſelbst nach ſeiner Trennung von Seifeddewlet desſelben in mittelbarem und unmittelbarem Lobe gedacht, aber er fühlte ſich doch nicht mehr an deſſen Hof hingezogen, und begab ſich nun an den des großen Fürſten der Dynaſtie Bujeh, Adhad-ed-dewlet, welcher die beyden Irak (das arabiſche und perſiſche) beherrſchte, und wechſelweiſe in den Hauptſtädten dieſer beyden Länder, zu Schiraſ und Bagdad, reſidierte.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • The word is sometimes used without a definite article as in English: Irak, in Irak. In this case, the genitive is always Iraks, for example Iraks Hauptstadt – "Iraq's capital".
  • More commonly, however, the definite article is used with the name: der Irak, im Irak. In this case, the genitive usually is des Irak, although des Iraks is also correct: die Hauptstadt des Irak(s) – "the capital of Iraq".
  • The plural refers to the Arabian or Arab Iraq and the Persian Iraq.

Derived terms

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Hungarian

 Irak on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈirɒk]
  • Hyphenation: Irak
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East; official name: Iraki Köztársaság)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

Derived terms

See also

countries in Asia: Ázsia országai (appendix)edit

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Dutch Irak, from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”), of uncertain derivation. Medieval Arabic uses ‘Iraq’ as a geographical term for the area in the south and center of the modern Iraq. Some Arabic sources say that Iraq comes from عَرِيق (ʕarīq, “deep-rooted”), from عِرْق (ʕirq, “root”), while others say it is from Middle Persian's Middle Persian ˀl'k' (/⁠erāg⁠/, “lowlands”), due to historic rule from Iraq's plateau-situated neighbor, Persia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈirak̚]
  • Hyphenation: I‧rak

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

See also

countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.rak/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -irak
  • Syllabification: I‧rak

Proper noun

Irak m

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Irak
More information singular, nominative ...

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Irak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Irak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irak n

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: I‧rak

Proper noun

Ìrāk m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ѝра̄к)

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Irak
More information singular, nominative ...

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irak m inan (genitive singular Iraku, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Irak
More information singulare tantum, nominative ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Irak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irȃk m inan

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
More information Masculine inan., hard o-stem, nominative ...

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈɾak/ [iˈɾak]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: I‧rak

Proper noun

Irak m

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Usage notes

  • The definite article is optional when referring to Iraq's exonym in Spanish (i.e. el Iraq). In writing, it tends to be preceded by the definite article when spelt with a 'q' and tends to lack the article when spelt with a 'k' although this may vary regionally.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈrɑːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːk

Proper noun

Irak n (genitive Iraks)

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Derived terms

See also

countries in Asia: Asiens länder (appendix)edit

References

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Irak (“Iraq”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Irák (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜃ᜔)

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia (Latin script): mga bansa sa Asya (appendix)edit

Anagrams

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عراق (“low country along a river, especially the Tigris”), from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɯːɾɑk/
  • Hyphenation: I‧rak
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Irak

  1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

See also

countries in Asia: Asya ülkesi (appendix)edit

References

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