ара

See also: яра, яря, and -ара

Bashkir

Etymology

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

Noun

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
Declension of ара (ara)
singular plural
absolute ара (ara) аралар (aralar)
definite genitive араның (aranıñ) араларҙың (aralarźıñ)
dative араға (arağa) араларға (aralarğa)
definite accusative араны (aranı) араларҙы (aralarźı)
locative арала (arala) араларҙа (aralarźa)
ablative аранан (aranan) араларҙан (aralarźan)

Derived terms

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

Chechen

Adverb

ара • (ara)

  1. out

Chuvash

Etymology

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

Noun

ара • (ara) (plural арасем) 

  1. really
  2. of course

Kazakh
Alternative scripts
Arabic ارا
Cyrillic ара
Latin ara

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ārï (“bee”).

Noun

ара • (ara)

  1. bee

Noun

ара • (ara)

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

Etymology 3

From Persian اره (arre, “saw”).

Noun

ара • (ara)

  1. (tool) saw
Declension
declension of ара
singular (жекеше) plural (көпше)
nominative (атау септік) ара (ara) аралар (aralar)
genitive (ілік септік) араның (aranyñ) аралардың (aralardyñ)
dative (барыс септік) араға (arağa) араларға (aralarğa)
accusative (табыс септік) араны (arany) араларды (aralardy)
locative (жатыс септік) арада (arada) араларда (aralarda)
ablative (шығыс септік) арадан (aradan) аралардан (aralardan)
instrumental (көмектес септік) арамен (aramen) аралармен (aralarmen)

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈarə]

Noun

а́ра • (ára) m anim (indeclinable)

  1. (bird) macaw

Etymology 2

From Armenian արա (ara, “an informal way of addressing a familiar male person”), overused by Armenians.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈarə]

Noun

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

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) an Armenian male
Declension
Declension of а́ра (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative а́ра
ára		 а́ры
áry
genitive а́ры
áry		 а́р
ár
dative а́ре
áre		 а́рам
áram
accusative а́ру
áru		 а́р
ár
instrumental а́рой, а́рою
ároj, ároju		 а́рами
árami
prepositional а́ре
áre		 а́рах
árax

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈarə]

Noun

а́ра • (ára) m inan

  1. genitive singular of ар (ar)

Southern Altai

Etymology

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

ара • (ara)

  1. space

Derived terms

References

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

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