CilmeVia 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.
- declension-4, feminineIraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
“Irākas karogs” — the flag of Iraq
“Irākas valdība” — the government of Iraq
“Irākas karš” — the Iraq war
FormasIrāka(nominative, singular) · -(nominative, plural) · Irākas(genitive, singular) · -(genitive, plural) · Irākai(dative, singular) · -(dative, plural) · Irāku(accusative, singular) · -(accusative, plural) · Irāku(instrumental, singular) · -(instrumental, plural) · Irākā(locative, singular) · -(locative, plural) · Irāka(singular, vocative) · -(plural, vocative)
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