See also: яра, яря, and -ара

Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āra (space or interval between two objects).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀 (āra), Uzbek ora (the space between, interval), Turkish ara (interval), Yakut аара (aara, on the way, while traveling).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɑˈɾa]
  • Hyphenation: а‧ра

Noun edit

ара (ara)

  1. the space in between two objects; interval, gap
  2. distance
    Өйгә тиклем ике саҡрымдай ара бар.
    Öygə tiklem ike saqrımday ara bar.
    It is a distance of about two kilometers to home.
  3. time interval, period of time, span of time
  4. relations, relationship

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*(i)āra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill.

Chechen edit

Adverb edit

ара (ara)

  1. out

Chuvash edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ede, *ide. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (idi).

Noun edit

ара (ara) (plural арасем) 

  1. really
  2. of course

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic ارا
Cyrillic ара
Latin ara

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *ārï (bee).

Noun edit

ара (ara)

  1. bee

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ара (ara)

  1. distance
  2. (time) interval
  3. relation

Etymology 3 edit

From Persian اره (arre, saw).

Noun edit

ара (ara)

  1. (tool) saw
Declension edit

Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ará, in turn borrowed from Old Tupi ará, from the bird's calls.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

а́ра (áram anim (indeclinable)

  1. (bird) macaw

Etymology 2 edit

From Armenian արա (ara, an informal way of addressing a familiar male person), overused by Armenians.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

а́ра (áram anim or m inan (genitive а́ры, nominative plural а́ры, genitive plural ар)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) an Armenian male
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

а́ра (áram inan

  1. genitive singular of ар (ar)

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Common Turkic *āra. Cognate with Kazakh ара (ara, space), Kyrgyz ара (ara), Crimean Tatar ara, Karaim ara, Karachay-Balkar ара (ara, middle), Kumyk ара (ara), Bashkir ара (ara), Tatar ара (ara), Azerbaijani ara, Turkish ara, Uzbek ora, Uyghur ara, Western Yugur ara, etc.

Noun edit

ара (ara)

  1. space

Derived terms edit

References edit

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ара”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN