yarak

[ yar-ak ]

noun

, Falconry.

1. a state of prime fitness in a hawk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yarak¹

1850–55; perhaps < Persian yārakī strength

Example Sentences

It’s hooded in patents, but it’s never in yarak.

From The New Yorker

In Cleveland, as in operating theatres around the world, the clinicians were in yarak.

From The New Yorker

An Emirati surgeon once described the state to me as being “in yarak,” referring to the moment when a falcon is fully primed to hunt.

From The New Yorker

An Emirati surgeon once described the state to me as being “in yarak,” referring to the moment when a falcon is fully primed to hunt.

From The New Yorker

It’s hooded in patents, but it’s never in yarak.

From The New Yorker