Tanım
•Arak (a city in Iran, the seat of Arak County's Central District and the capital of Markazi Province, formerly called Soltanabad) · Arak (a county of Iran, around the city)
Etimoloji
Persianization of earlier عراق (irāq, arāq /erâġ, arâġ), from Arabic اَلْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq), possibly a reference to عِرَاق الْعَجَم (ʕirāq al-ʕajam, “Persian Iraq”). The origin of Arabic اَلْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq) itself is uncertain, and some say it is an Arabization of اراک, not the other way around. That would ultimately derive it from Middle Persian [script needed] (ˀyrg /ērag/) or [script…