ара

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See also: яра, яря, and -ара

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āra (space or interval between two objects).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀 (āra), Uzbek ora (the space between, interval), Turkish ara (interval), Yakut аара (aara, on the way, while traveling).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: а‧ра

Noun

ара (ara)

  1. the space in between two objects; interval, gap
  2. distance
    Өйгә тиклем ике саҡрымдай ара бар.
    Öygə tiklem ike saqrımday ara bar.
    It is a distance of about two kilometers to home.
  3. time interval, period of time, span of time
  4. relations, relationship

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)āra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill.

Chechen

Adverb

ара (ara)

  1. out

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ede, *ide. Cognate with Old Turkic (idi).

Noun

ара (ara) (plural арасем) 

  1. really
  2. of course

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ارا
Cyrillic ара
Latin ara

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ārï (bee).

Noun

ара (ara)

  1. bee

Etymology 2

Inherited from Common Turkic *āra (among, between). Cognate with Turkish ara.

Noun

ара (ara)

  1. distance
  2. (time) interval
  3. relation

Etymology 3

From Persian اره (arre, saw).

Noun

ара (ara)

  1. (tool) saw
Declension

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ará, in turn borrowed from Old Tupi ará, from the bird's calls.

Pronunciation

Noun

а́ра (áram anim (indeclinable)

  1. (bird) macaw

Etymology 2

From Armenian արա (ara, an informal way of addressing a familiar male person)

Pronunciation

Noun

а́ра (áram anim or m inan (genitive а́ры, nominative plural а́ры, genitive plural ар)

  1. (derogatory, ironic, ethnic slur) an Armenian male
Declension

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

а́ра (áram inan

  1. genitive singular of ар (ar)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Common Turkic *āra. Cognate with Kazakh ара (ara, space), Kyrgyz ара (ara), Crimean Tatar ara, Karaim ara, Karachay-Balkar ара (ara, middle), Kumyk ара (ara), Bashkir ара (ara), Tatar ара (ara), Azerbaijani ara, Turkish ara, Uzbek ora, Uyghur ara, Western Yugur ara, etc.

Noun

ара (ara)

  1. space

Derived terms

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ара”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN