𐰺

𐰺 U+10C3A, 𐰺 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AR ← 𐰹 [U+10C39] Old Turkic 𐰻 → [U+10C3B]

See also: 𐰻

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼘 (r, “resh”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܪ (“resh”).

Letter

𐰺 (r¹)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /r/, used with back vowels.

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Hungarian: 𐳢 (𐳢), 𐲢

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “r¹”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 70 and 75
• Tekin, Talât (1968), A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ār- (“to deceive; to cast spells”). Cognate to Karakhanid اارْماقْ (ʾʾrmʾq /⁠⁠ārmāq⁠⁠/)

Noun

𐰺 (r¹ /ar-/)

1. (transitive) to deceive, trick
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5:

     𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰉𐰣:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴:𐰍𐰃𐰤:𐰺𐰯:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰨𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰆𐱃𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾

     s²üčig:s¹b¹n¹:y²imšq:ǧin²:r¹p:ir¹q:b¹d¹n¹ǧ:nča:y¹ǧut¹ir²:r²ms²

     /süčig sabïn yïmšaq aɣïn arïp ïraq bodunuɣ anča yaɣutïr ermiš/

     Deceiving by means of their sweet words and soft materials, they are said to cause the remote people to come close in this manner.

Derived terms

• 𐰺𐰢𐰴𐰲𐰃 (r¹mqči /⁠armaqčï⁠/, “tricky, deceived”)
• 𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰺 (r¹t¹ur¹ /⁠artur-⁠/, “to be deceived”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968), “ar-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 303
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “a:r-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 193