arı

See also: ari, Ari, ári, arí, arī, and -ari

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.ɾɯ/

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Etymology 1

From Old Turkic arı (“bee”), from Proto-Turkic *ārɨ (“wasp, bee”), possibly from Proto-Altaic *p`ḗra (“bee”). Cognate with Middle Mongolian hirbäkäi ("butterfly", from Proto-Mongolic *herbekei), Evenki herēptin ("bumble-bee", from Proto-Tungus-Manchu *perē-), Middle Korean pǝ̄r, pǝ̄ri ("bee", from Proto-Korean *pǝ̄r-), Middle Japanese fátí, from Old Japanese pati ("bee", from Proto-Japonic *pátí). Possible relation to Uralic *pora/*pāre ("gadfly"), Proto-Dravidian *per- (“a kind of bee”) and Proto-Indo-European *bʱi- (“bee”). Related to ayı and бөрі.

Noun

arı

1. bee
2. wasp

Derived terms

• arıcı
• arıcılık
• arılık

References

• “arı” in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Sergei Starostin, Vladimir Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003), Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (Etymology: *ārɨ)

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic arɨɣ/arɨ-/arɨt- (“clean, pure, fine”), from Proto-Turkic *aru, *ạrɨ- (“clean, pure, to be clean; to clean, purify”), possibly from Proto-Altaic *ĕ́ro (“clean”). Cognate with Chagatai aryt- ("clean"), Turkmen ari ("clean"), Chuvash ire ("good"), Yakut/Sakha irās ("clean"), Middle Mongolian arči- ("clean"), Written Mongolian ariɣun ("clean", from Proto-Mongolic *ar-, can hardly be regarded as borrowed from Turkic), Khalka ariun ("clean"), Kalmyk ärün ("clean"), Dagur arūn ("clean"), Mongour aren ("clean"), Old Japanese arap- ("to wash", from Proto-Japonic *áráp-, *ùrùpà- ("beautiful, excellent")), modern Japanese arau ("wash"), Korean aly ("be beautiful, admirable", from Proto-Korean *àr- ("pretty, beautiful")), Ryukyuan ara-yung ("wash"), Ainu ara ("be pretty, beautiful, decorated, ornamented"). Related to er and -er.

Adjective

arı

1. clean
2. pure

Derived terms

• arınmak
• arındırmak
• arıtmak
• arıtılmak
• arıtım
• arıtma

References

• Joseph Greenberg, (2002) Indo-European and its closest relatives. 2nd Lexicon. Stanford University Press. p.23.
• Sergei Starostin, Vladimir Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003), Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (Etymology: *ạrɨ-, *àr-, *ùrùpà-)