Etymograph

English

Iraqi

Iraqi comes from Arabic عِرَاقِيّ.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentعِرَاقِيّʕirāqiyy
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003Iraqi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Arabicc. 500–presentعِرَاقِيّʕirāqiyy
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003Iraqi

Earliest quotation: 2003, Bernard Weinraub, Army Seeks to Present Troops as 'Liberators': “The order, which effectively halts the display of the…”

Formed from Iraq + -i

Arabic عِرَاق ‘shore, edge, any land next to water’

Arabic الْعِرَاق

English Iraq

Today it means

adj Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic عِرَاقِيّ / Iraqi