word and its derivatives among other ethnic groups: the Tungusians, Calmucks, and Kirghizes use the terms "arrack" or "rak", and the Ossetians "applied the word 'Arak' to denote all distilled liquors".

History

Strabo reports Indians made a beverage from rice known as arak. Arrack predates all "New World" spirits,

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