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Southern Altai
Etymology 1
From Common Turkic *ārïk (“aryk, ditch; river, creek, brook”), from Proto-Turkic *ār-~*ar-~*ïr- (“to flow”). Cognate to
Ottoman Turkish آرق (arq), Turkish ark, dialectal Turkish arığ, Azerbaijani arx, Turkmen āryk, Uzbek ariq, Kazakh арық (aryq), Kyrgyz арык (arık), Bashkir арыҡ (arıq), Tatar арык (arıq).
Noun
арык • (arïk)
- aryk
- irrigation ditch, irrigation canal
References
- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “арык”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 187, 188
Etymology 2
Compare to Kumyk арыкъ (arıq), etc.
Adjective
арык • (arïk)
- skinny, lean
References
- Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “арык”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN, page 87