arpa

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. harp (musical instrument)

• IPA^(key): /ɑrˈpɑ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

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From Proto-Turkic *arpa.

arpa (definite accusative arpanı, plural arpalar)

1. barley

arpa (definite accusative arpanı, plural arpalar)

1. (historical) a unit of weight equal to 37,5 grams

• “arpa” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Spanish arpa (“harp”).

• Hyphenation: ar‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾpa/

árpa

1. harp (musical instrument)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. harp

• arpista

Inherited from Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. claw of an animal
2. (in the plural) pitchfork

• arpejar
• arpella, arpelles
• arpó

• “arpa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “arpa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “arpa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arpa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Spanish arpa.

arpa

1. harp (music instrument)

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. harp

• “arpa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

arpa (accusative , plural )

1. barley

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk ‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *arpa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arbaz (whence Old Norse arfr, Swedish arv).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): ar‧pa

arpa

1. lot (anything, as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper, used in determining a question by chance)
2. lottery ticket

   Synonym: arpalippu

• arpajaiset
• arpakuutio
• arpoa
• arvonta

• “arpa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• para, rapa

Borrowed from Spanish arpa. Cognate of Tagalog alpa.

árpa

1. harp, lyre

From Proto-Finnic *arpa. Cognates include Finnish arpa and Estonian arp.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrp, -ɑrpɑ
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

arpa

1. lot (used for determining a question by chance)
2. allotment (piece of land given by the village council by means of a lottery)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 17
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 21

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa/
• Rhymes: -arpa
• Hyphenation: àr‧pa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. harp (musical instrument)

• arpeggiare
• arpicordo

• arpeggiamento
• arpeggiatore
• arpeggio

From Latin harpē, from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “sickle”).

• arpe

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. a curved sword

• apar, apra, para, para-, parà, rapa

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

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arpa (definite accusative arpañ, plural arpalar)

1. barley

• arpa suvı (“beer”)
• quş arpası (“oat”)

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.pa/

arpa f (Hebrew spelling ארפה, plural arpas)

1. harp

   אי טי לוארי קון לה ארפה ,דייו מי דייו.

   Y te loare kon la arpa, Dio, mi Dio.

   And I shall praise you upon the harp, God, my God.

arpa f

1. harp

Borrowed from Sicilian arpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa/

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arpa f

1. osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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arpa f (plural arpas)

1. harp
2. claw

• (claw): arpar

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa/
• Hyphenation: àr‧pa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

arpa f (plural arpi)

1. harp

From Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).

arpa f (plural arpi)

1. raptor, bird of prey

• harpa (rare)

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾpa/

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• Rhymes: -aɾpa
• Syllabification: ar‧pa

arpa f (plural arpas)

1. harp (musical instrument)

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like arpa, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el arpa. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al arpa, del arpa.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un arpa or una arpa. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor arpa, una buena arpa.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el arpa única, un(a) arpa buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

• “arpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

• alpa

Borrowed from Spanish arpa (“harp”), from Late Latin harpa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾpa/ , /ʔaɾˈpa/

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• Rhymes: -aɾpa, -a
• Syllabification: ar‧pa

arpa or arpá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜉ) (music)

1. harp

• para, arap

arpa

1. Latin spelling of арпа (arpa, “barley”)

From Ottoman Turkish آرپه (“barley”), itself from Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑɾ.pɑ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

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arpa (definite accusative arpayı, plural arpalar)

1. barley

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arpa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• *àrp`á Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Hyllested, Adam (2014) Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe: Five Millennia of Language Contact (PhD. dissertation)‎, Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, pages 32-33

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

• IPA^(key): /aɾpʰa/
• IPA^(key): /aɾɸa/ (colloquial)

arpa (definite accusative , plural )

1. barley

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

arpa (plural arpalar)

1. barley