Barack () is a type of Hungarian

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. The word ''barack'' is a collective term for both apricot (in Hungarian ''sárgabarack'', lit. "yellow-peach") and

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(in Hungarian ''őszibarack'', lit. "autumn-peach"). Note that the Hungarian word ''barack'' is etymologically related to the English word 'peach' as well as many words meaning the same in many European languages, and ultimately goes back to ''persikos'', the ancient Greek word for ' Persian'.

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