arpa

See also: árpa, ARPA, .arpa, and arpã

Asturian

Noun

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. harp (musical instrument)

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Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish arpa (“harp”), from Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

arpa

1. harp (musical instrument)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.pə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.pa/

Noun

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. harp

Further reading

• “arpa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

arpa

1. barley

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/

Noun

arpa

1. lot (for example dice)

Declension

Inflection of arpa (Kotus type 9/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative		arpa	arvat
genitive		arvan	arpojen
partitive		arpaa	arpoja
illative		arpaan	arpoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		arpa	arvat
accusative	nom.	arpa	arvat
	gen.	arvan
genitive		arvan	arpojen arpainrare
partitive		arpaa	arpoja
inessive		arvassa	arvoissa
elative		arvasta	arvoista
illative		arpaan	arpoihin
adessive		arvalla	arvoilla
ablative		arvalta	arvoilta
allative		arvalle	arvoille
essive		arpana	arpoina
translative		arvaksi	arvoiksi
instructive		—	arvoin
abessive		arvatta	arvoitta
comitative		—	arpoineen

Related terms

• arpajaiset
• arpakuutio
• arpoa
• arvonta

Anagrams

• para, rapa

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Hiligaynon

Noun

árpa

1. harp, lyre

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa/, [ˈär̺pä]
• Rhymes: -arpa
• Stress: àrpa
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. harp (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• arpeggiare
• arpicordo

Related terms

• arpeggiamento
• arpeggiatore
• arpeggio

Etymology 2

From Latin harpē, from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “sickle”).

Alternative forms

• arpe

Noun

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. A curved sword.

Anagrams

• apra
• para, parà
• rapa

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Occitan

Noun

arpa f (plural arpas)

1. (music) harp
2. claw

Derived terms

• (claw): arpar

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• harpa (rare)

Etymology

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarpa/

Noun

arpa f (plural arpas)

1. harp (musical instrument)

Usage notes

• The feminine noun arpa is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el arpa

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Further reading

• “arpa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alpa

Etymology

From Spanish arpa (“harp”), from Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

arpa

1. harp (musical instrument)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”), cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (arpa, “barley”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly from Proto-Altaic *àrp`á (“barley, millet”). Possible relation with Ancient Greek ἄλφιτον (álphiton, “barley-groats”).
The Turkic form is sometimes compared with Proto-Iranian *arba- (corresponding to Greek ἄλφιτον), cf. East Iranian forms going back to *arpasyā- (or *arbasyā), but it is not identical (loss of the final syllable is hard to explain). Within Iranian, the word is not found oustide East Iranian (Stachowski). While Blažek (2012) prefers an Indo-European (Iranian) origin of the Altaic words for ‘barley’, Hyllestedt argues that several facts do point to a borrowing in the reverse direction. Starostin argues that the Proto-Japonic parallel *àpá (“millet”) (compare Japanese 粟 (awa, “foxtail millet”)) is a strong argument in favour of the Altaic origin of the Turkic form.
Hyllested suggests an additional connection to some kind of root word for ‘witchcraft’, hence comparing Hittite [script needed] (alpant-, “being bewitched, affected by sorcer”) and Turkic arba ("perform magic, bewitching, tell fortunes"). A form *arpa also occurs in Uralic word for ‘witchcraft’. Hyllestedt further emphasizes that we are dealing either with an Altaic agricultural term of great age or an extra-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɾ.pɑ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

Noun

arpa (definite accusative arpayı, plural arpalar)

1. barley

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	arpa
Definite accusative	arpayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arpa	arpalar
Definite accusative	arpayı	arpaları
Dative	arpaya	arpalara
Locative	arpada	arpalarda
Ablative	arpadan	arpalardan
Genitive	arpanın	arpaların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular arpam arpalarım 2nd singular arpan arpaların 3rd singular arpası arpaları 1st plural arpamız arpalarımız 2nd plural arpanız arpalarınız 3rd plural arpaları arpaları

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “arpa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• *àrp`á Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Hyllested, Adam. (2014). Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe: Five Millennia of Language Contact. Københavns Universitet, Det Humanistiske Fakultet. University of Copenhagen. pp.32-33.