арвай

Mongolian

Etymology

Related with Proto-Turkic *arpa either through borrowing, independent borrowing from a third language, or (according to the widely discredited Altaic theory) common inheritance. See Turkish arpa.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /arwai/, [arˈw̜æe]

Noun

арвай • (arvaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠢ (arbai)); (hidden-n declension)

1. barley
2. a small domestic breed of horse

Derived terms

• арвай ногоо (arvaj nogoo)