𐰺


𐰺 U+10C3A, 𐰺
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AR
𐰹
[U+10C39]
Old Turkic 𐰻
[U+10C3B]
See also: 𐰻

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼘 (r, resh), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܪ (resh).

Letter

𐰺 ()

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /r/, used with back vowels.
Descendants
  • Old Hungarian: 𐳢, 𐲢

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ar- (to deceive; to cast spells).

Noun

𐰺 (ar-)

  1. (transitive) to deceive, trick
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5:
      𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰉𐰣:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴:𐰍𐰃𐰤:𐰺𐰯:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰨𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰆𐱃𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾
      süčig:sabïn:yïmšaq:aɣïn:arïp:ïraq:bodunuɣ:anča:yaɣutïr:ermiš
      Deceiving by means of their sweet words and soft materials, they are said to cause the remote people to come close in this manner.
Derived terms
  • 𐰺𐰢𐰴𐰲𐰃 (armaqčï, tricky, deceived)
  • 𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰺 (artur-, to be deceived)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ar-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 303
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:r-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 193
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ar-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill