Barack () is a type of Hungarian

brandy Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof) and is typically consumed as an after-dinner digestif. Some brandies are aged in wooden casks. Others are coloured ...

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Pálinka Pálinka () is a traditional fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) with origins in the medieval Hungary, known under several names. Protected as a geographical indication of the European Union, only fruit spirits mashed, distilled, matured and bottled i ...

) made of (or flavored with)

apricot An apricot (, ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus ''Prunus''. Usually an apricot is from the species '' P. armeniaca'', but the fruits of the other species in ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' are also ...

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apricot brandy Apricot brandy can refer to a liquor (or Eau de Vie) distilled from fermentation (food), fermented apricot juice or a liqueur made from apricot flesh and Apricot kernel, kernels. One method of production involves using a pound of loaf sugar ...

. According to '' Britannica'', barack palinka is "the best known of apricot brandies". The word ''barack'' is a collective term for both apricot (in Hungarian , lit. "yellow-peach") and

peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and Agriculture, cultivated in China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and the glossy-skinned, non-fuzzy varieties called necta ...

(in Hungarian , lit. "autumn-peach"). Note that the Hungarian word is

etymologically Etymology ( ) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics, etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. ...

related to the English word 'peach' as well as many words meaning the same in many European languages, and ultimately goes back to , the ancient Greek word for '

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

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