ара

See also: яра, яря, and -ара

Bashkir

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension of ара (ara)

	singular	plural
absolute	ара (ara)	аралар (aralar)
definite genitive	араның (aranıñ)	араларҙың (aralarźıñ)
dative	араға (arağa)	араларға (aralarğa)
definite accusative	араны (aranı)	араларҙы (aralarźı)
locative	арала (arala)	араларҙа (aralarźa)
ablative	аранан (aranan)	араларҙан (aralarźan)

Derived terms

• арауыҡ (arawıq, “space”)

Chechen

Adverb

ара • (ara)

1. out

Chuvash

Etymology

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

Noun

ара • (ara) (plural арасем) 

1. really
2. of course

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ارا
Cyrillic	ара
Latin	ara

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ārï (“bee”).

Noun

ара • (ara)

1. bee

Etymology 2

Noun

ара • (ara)

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

Etymology 3

From Persian اره (arre, “saw”).

Noun

ара • (ara)

1. (tool) saw

Declension

declension of ара

	singular (жекеше)	plural (көпше)
nominative (атау септік)	ара (ara)	аралар (aralar)
genitive (ілік септік)	араның (aranyñ)	аралардың (aralardyñ)
dative (барыс септік)	араға (arağa)	араларға (aralarğa)
accusative (табыс септік)	араны (arany)	араларды (aralardy)
locative (жатыс септік)	арада (arada)	араларда (aralarda)
ablative (шығыс септік)	арадан (aradan)	аралардан (aralardan)
instrumental (көмектес септік)	арамен (aramen)	аралармен (aralarmen)

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarə]

Noun

а́ра • (ára) m anim (indeclinable)

1. (bird) macaw

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarə]

Noun

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

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) an Armenian male

Declension

Declension of а́ра (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	а́ра ára	а́ры áry
genitive	а́ры áry	а́р ár
dative	а́ре áre	а́рам áram
accusative	а́ру áru	а́р ár
instrumental	а́рой, а́рою ároj, ároju	а́рами árami
prepositional	а́ре áre	а́рах árax

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarə]

Noun

а́ра • (ára) m inan

1. genitive singular of ар (ar)

Southern Altai

Etymology

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

ара • (ara)

1. space

Derived terms

• аразында (arazïnda)

References

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