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

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 *ạ̄r- (“to be tired”).

Noun

𐰺 (ar-)

1. (intransitive) to be tired, exhausted
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 17:

     𐰇𐰔𐰠𐰜:𐱃:𐰇𐰭:𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰓𐰀:𐰺𐰯:𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰆𐰯:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰴𐰞𐰢𐰃𐰾

     özlük:at:öŋ:yérde:arïp:oŋup:turu:qalmïš

     A favorite horse came to a standstill in a desert exhausted and wilting.

Derived terms

• 𐰺𐰞 (arïl-, “to vanish, to be destroyed”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)r-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:r-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 193
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạ̄r-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ar- (“to decieve; to cast spells”).

Noun

𐰺 (ar-)

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

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

     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 (armaqčï, “tricky, deceived”)
• 𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰺 (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, page 193
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ar-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill