آرقه

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arka (back); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺‎𐰴 (r¹‎q /⁠arqa⁠/), Azerbaijani arxa, Karakhanid اَرْقا (arqa), Kazakh арқа (arqa), Kyrgyz арка (arka), Turkmen arka, Uyghur ئارقا (arqa), Uzbek orqa and Yakut арҕаа (arğaa). Further related to آرد (ard, back).

Noun

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آرقه (arka)

  1. back, the rear of the body from the neck to the end of the spine
    Synonyms: آرد (ard), پشت (püşt), صرت (sırt), ظهر (zahr)
  2. back, the side of an object which is opposite the front side
    Synonym: آرد (ard)
  3. backer, a powerful friend or supporter
    Synonym: دستك (destek)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: arka
  • Armenian: արխա (arxa)

Further reading

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