To close the circle back to Nepal: the Nepali liquor raksi etymologically derives from the Arabic liquor araq https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%

To close the circle back to Nepal: the Nepali liquor raksi etymologically derives from the Arabic liquor araq https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80#Nepali https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E... which spread far and wide in tandem with the expansion of Islam.