ара

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See also: яра, яря, and -ара

Bashkir

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ɑˈɾa]
  • Hyphenation: а‧ра

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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

Chechen

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Adverb

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ара (ara)

  1. out

Chuvash

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ede, *ide. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (idi).

Noun

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ара (ara) (plural арасем) 

  1. really
  2. of course

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic ارا
Cyrillic ара
Latin ara

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *ārï (bee).

Noun

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ара (ara)

  1. bee

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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ара (ara)

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

Etymology 3

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From Persian اره (arre, saw).

Noun

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ара (ara)

  1. (tool) saw
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Russian

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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а́ра (áram anim (indeclinable)

  1. (bird) macaw

Etymology 2

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

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Noun

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

  1. (derogatory, ironic, ethnic slur) an Armenian male
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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а́ра (áram inan

  1. genitive singular of ар (ar)

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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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

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ара (ara)

  1. space

Derived terms

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References

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