Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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

  1. barley
  2. a small domestic breed of horse

Derived terms edit