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Iraqi
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English
Etymology
en ar عِرَاقِيّ Iraqi, equivalent to en Iraq -i.
Pronunciation
en /ɪˈɹɑːki/ /ɪˈɹæki/
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Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.
en M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US w:Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCOL246573/ 2007-08-09 Under an urgent need to arm Iraqi forces, weapons had been supplied by coalition members and Iraqi procurements, and captured weapons had also been used, Dempsey said. https://web.archive.org/web/20250809064527/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCOL246573/ 9 August 2025
en Eric Schmitt U.S. and Iraqi Commandos Targeted ISIS in Sprawling Operation w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/politics/iraq-commandos-isis.html 2024-09-03 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250930191951/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/politics/iraq-commandos-isis.html 30 September 2025
en historical Of, from, or pertaining to Persian Iraq.
Derived terms
en Iraqibacter Iraqiness
Translations
of, from or pertaining to Iraq
Afrikaans: af Iraks, af Irakkees
Arabic: ar عِرَاقِيّ
Armenian: hy իրաքյան
Asturian: ast iraquín
Bulgarian: bg иракски m
Catalan: ca iraquià
Czech: cs irácký
Dutch: nl Iraaks
Finnish: fi irakilainen, fi Irak Irakin genitive
French: fr iraquien
Galician: gl iraquí
German: de irakisch
Hindi: hi इराक़ी, hi इराकी
Irish: ga Iarácach
Italian: it iracheno
Japanese: ja イラク イラクの Iraku no
Korean: ko 이라크 ^이라크-의
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr iraqî
Marathi: mr इराकी
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb iraksk, nb irakisk
Nynorsk: nn iraksk, nn irakisk
Persian: fa عراقی 'erâqi
Polish: pl iracki m
Portuguese: pt iraquiano
Romanian: ro irakian
Russian: ru ира́кский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ѝра̄чки m
Latin: sh ìrāčkī
Spanish: es iraquí
Swahili: sw Kiiraki
Swedish: sv irakisk
Tagalog: tl Iraki
Urdu: ur عراقی 'irāqī
Noun
A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.
en Bernard Weinraub Army Seeks to Present Troops as 'Liberators' w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/international/worldspecial/army-seeks-to-present-troops-as-liberators.html 2003-04-10 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." https://web.archive.org/web/20240913222306/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/international/worldspecial/army-seeks-to-present-troops-as-liberators.html 13 September 2024
en M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US w:Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCOL246573/ 2007-08-09 They had to choose between properly equipping the Iraqis and risk seeing arms fall into the hands of insurgents or providing inferior weapons that would make it harder to fight them. https://web.archive.org/web/20250809064527/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCOL246573/ 9 August 2025
Translations
person from Iraq
Afrikaans: af Irakiër, af Irakkees
Arabic: ar عِرَاقِيّ m, ar عِرَاقِيَّة f
Armenian: hy իրաքցի
Asturian: ast iraquín m, ast iraquina f
Belarusian: be іра́кец m
Bulgarian: bg иракчанин m
Catalan: ca iraquià m, ca iraquiana f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊拉克人 Yīlākè-rén
Czech: cs Iráčan m
Danish: da iraker c
Dutch: nl Iraki m, nl Irakees m, nl Irakese f
Finnish: fi irakilainen
French: fr Iraquien m, fr Iraquienne f
Galician: gl iraquí m
German: de Iraker m, de Irakerin f
Greek: el Ιρακινός m, el Ιρακινή f
Hebrew: he עיראקי m 'iraqi, he עיראקית f 'iraqit
Hindi: hi इराक़ी m f
Hungarian: hu iraki
Irish: ga Iarácach m
Italian: it iracheno m, it irachena f
Japanese: ja イラク人 Iraku-jin
Korean: ko 이라크인, ko 이라크 사람
Kyrgyz: ky ирактык
Lithuanian: lt irakietis m, lt irakietė f
Marathi: mr इराकी
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb iraker m
Nynorsk: nn irakar m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Ирачан m, rsk Ирачанка f
Persian: fa عراقی 'erâqi
Polish: pl Irakijczyk m, pl Irakijka f
Portuguese: pt iraquiano m
Romanian: ro irakian m, ro irakiană f
Russian: ru ира́кец m no feminine form, ru жи́тель Ира́ка m, ru жи́тельница Ира́ка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ира́чанин m, sh Ира́ча̄нка f
Latin: sh Iráčanin m, sh Iráčānka f
Spanish: es iraquí
Swahili: sw Mwiraki
Swedish: sv irakier c
Tagalog: tl Iraki
Turkish: tr Iraklı
Urdu: ur عراقی 'irāqī
Synonyms
en Iraqian
Further reading
en Demonyms Nationalities Iraq