rabfak
noun
rab·fak
\ˈrabˌfak\
variants: or
rabfac
\ˈrabˌfak\Definition of rabfak
-s
: a Soviet school giving preliminary university training to workers
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Origin and Etymology of rabfak
Russian rabfak, from rabochiĭ fakul'tet, from rabochiĭ of labor (from rabota labor, work) + fakul'tet faculty, college, from German fakultät, from Medieval Latin facultat-, facultas; akin to Old High German arbeit, arabeit need, work, Gothic arbaiths distress, need, Latin orbus bereft
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