Irāka

Via some other European language, ultimately a Middle East term, possibly from Akkadian 𒌷𒀕 (/⁠Uruk⁠/), (Biblical Erech), from Sumerian 𒌷𒀕 (/⁠Unug⁠/), the name of a city-state region in the south of ancient Iraq. 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 erāq (“lowlands”), due to historic rule from Iraq's plateau-situated neighbor, Persia.

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Irāka f (4th declension)

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

   Irākas karogs ― the flag of Iraq

   Irākas valdība ― the government of Iraq

   Irākas karš ― the Iraq war

   ASV un sabiedrotie uzbruka Irākai bez ANO sankcijas ― the USA and its allies attacked Iraq without UN sanction

• Irākas Republika

• irākietis, irākiete
• irākisks