Iraqi

English

Etymology

From Arabic عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi”), equivalent to Iraq +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑːki/, /ɪˈɹæki/

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Noun

Iraqi (plural Iraqis)

1. A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.
   • 2003 April 10, Bernard Weinraub, “Army Seeks to Present Troops as 'Liberators'”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The order, which effectively halts the display of the flag virtually anywhere in Iraq, except the United States Embassy, said that flying the flag on buildings in Iraq would only reenforce the anti-American message that the military was "here to oppress the Iraqis."

Translations

person from Iraq

• Afrikaans: Irakiër, Irakkees
• Arabic: عِرَاقِيّ m (ʕirāqiyy), عِرَاقِيَّة f (ʕirāqiyya)
• Armenian: իրաքցի (irakʻcʻi)
• Belarusian: іра́кец m (irákjec)
• Bulgarian: иракчанин m (irakčanin)
• Catalan: iraquià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊拉克人 (zh) (Yīlākè-rén)

• Czech: Iráčan (cs) m
• Danish: iraker (da) c
• Dutch: Iraki (nl) m, Irakees (nl) m, Irakese (nl) f
• Finnish: irakilainen (fi)
• French: Iraquien (fr) m, Iraquienne (fr) f
• Galician: iraquí m
• German: Iraker (de) m, Irakerin (de) f
• Greek: Ιρακινός (el) m (Irakinós), Ιρακινή (el) f (Irakiní)
• Hebrew: עיראקי (he) m ('iraqi), עיראקית f ('iraqit)
• Hindi: इराक़ी (irāqī), इराकी (hi) (irākī)
• Hungarian: iraki (hu)
• Irish: Iarácach m
• Italian: iracheno (it) m, irachena (it) f
• Japanese: イラク人 (Iraku-jin)
• Korean: 이라크 사람 (Irakeu saram)
• Kyrgyz: ирактык (iraktık)
• Lithuanian: irakietis (lt) m, irakietė (lt) f
• Marathi: इराकी (irākī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iraker m

  Nynorsk: irakar (nn) m

• Persian: عراقی (fa) ('erâqi)
• Polish: Irakijczyk (pl) m, Irakijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: iraquiano (pt) m
• Romanian: irakian (ro) m, irakiană (ro) f
• Russian: ира́кец (ru) m (irákec) (no feminine form), жи́тель Ира́ка m (žítelʹ Iráka), жи́тельница Ира́ка f (žítelʹnica Iráka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ира́чанин m, Ира́ча̄нка f

  Roman: Iráčanin (sh) m, Iráčānka f

• Spanish: iraquí (es)
• Swahili: Mwiraki (sw)
• Swedish: irakier (sv) c
• Tagalog: Iraki
• Turkish: Iraklı (tr)
• Urdu: عراقی ('irāqī)

Adjective

Iraqi (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of, from, or pertaining to Persian Iraq.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.
   • 2024 September 3, Eric Schmitt, “U.S. and Iraqi Commandos Targeted ISIS in Sprawling Operation”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The United States and other allied forces have helped Iraqi forces carry out more than 250 counterterrorism missions since last October, according to a senior U.S. military official.

Derived terms

• Iraqiness

Translations

from or pertaining to Iraq

• Afrikaans: Iraks, Irakkees
• Arabic: عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy)
• Armenian: իրաքյան (irakʻyan)
• Bulgarian: иракски m (irakski)
• Catalan: iraquià (ca)
• Czech: irácký (cs)
• Dutch: Iraaks (nl)
• Finnish: irakilainen (fi), Irakin (fi) (genitive)
• French: iraquien (fr)
• Galician: iraquí
• German: irakisch (de)
• Hindi: इराक़ी (irāqī), इराकी (hi) (irākī)
• Irish: Iarácach
• Italian: iracheno (it)
• Japanese: イラクの (ja) (Iraku no)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: iraqî (ku)

• Marathi: इराकी (irākī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iraksk, irakisk

  Nynorsk: iraksk (nn), irakisk (nn)

• Persian: عراقی (fa) ('erâqi)
• Polish: iracki (pl) m
• Portuguese: iraquiano (pt)
• Romanian: irakian (ro)
• Russian: ира́кский (ru) (irákskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝра̄чки m

  Roman: ìrāčkī (sh)

• Spanish: iraquí (es)
• Swahili: Kiiraki
• Swedish: irakisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Iraki
• Urdu: عراقی ('irāqī)