Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain, possibly derived from Common Turkic *āra whence 𐰺𐰀 (ara), Clauson suggests a loanword from an unknown language.

Adjective edit

𐰺𐰞𐰃 (aralï)

  1. with a specific interval, branched, forked
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60
      𐱃𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰔:𐰺𐰞𐰃:𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚:𐰢𐰤
      toquz:aralï:sïɣun:kéyik:men
      I am a male maral deer with a nine-branched horn.

References edit

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “arlı”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aralı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 230