آرا
See also: ارا
Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āra (“distance; interval”). [1]
Noun
آرَا • (ara)
Derived terms
- آرَالُقْ (araluq, “gap, distance, space”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آرَا (ara), from Proto-Turkic *āra (“distance; interval”) and thus related to آیرمق (ayırmak, “to part; separate, choose, pick, select, distinguish”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀 (r¹a /āra/), Azerbaijani ara, Bashkir ара (ara), Uzbek ora and Yakut аара (aara).
Alternative forms
Noun
آرا • (ara)
- space of place, opening, interval, room, between two or among many things
- space of time, an interval or pause between two or among many events
- (figuratively) relationship, understanding, footing between two persons
Derived terms
- آرا آچلمق (ara açılmak, “to break up”)
- آرا باغی (ara bağı, “septum of the nose”)
- آرا بولمق (ara bulmak, “to find an opportunity”)
- آراسز (arasız, “continuous, uninterrupted”)
- آرالاتمق (aralatmak, “to make two things separate”)
- آرالامق (aralamak, “to separate two things”)
- آرالانمق (aralanmak, “to be separated”)
- آرالق (aralık, “space, interval, opening”)
- آرهسنده (arasında, “between, among”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ara1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 271
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “آرا”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 19a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آرا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 11
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Intervallum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 852
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آرا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 123
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 55
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic آرَاء (ʔārāʔ), plural of رَأْي (raʔy).
Noun
آرا • (ara)
- opinion, belief, view, way of thinking
- Synonym: بیلك (bilik)
- vote, a formalized choice on legally relevant measures
- Synonym: اوی (oy)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ara3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 273
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آرا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[6] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 11
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 56
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ˈɾaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ɾɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.ɹɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.ɾɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ārā |
| Dari reading? | ārā |
| Iranian reading? | ârâ |
| Tajik reading? | oro |
Noun
آرا • (ârâ)
- plural of رأی (ra'y)
Verb
آرا • (ârâ)
- present stem form of آراستن (ârâstan)