араа

Dolgan

Interjection

араа • (araa)

1. interjection of pain

Mongolian

Etymology 1

From *araxa, a common form of Proto-Mongolic *arïxa, perhaps from Proto-Turkic *aŕïg.

Compare Bonan are dung, Turkish azı (“molar”)

Noun

араа • (araa) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (arag-a)); (hidden-n declension)

1. molar
2. tooth of a gear
3. gearwheel, cogwheel

Hypernyms

• шүд (šüd, “tooth”)

Derived terms

• араатан (araatan, “predator, beast”)
• араалах (araalax, “to grow molars, to display teeth”)

Etymology 2

Noun

араа • (araa)

1. Only used in араа тоть (araa totʹ, “ara”)