ئارقا

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arka.

cognates

Cognate with Turkmen and Turkish arka, Azerbaijani arxa, Uzbek orqa (“back”), Tatar and Kyrgyz арка (arka, “back”), Kazakh арқа (arqa, “back”), Bashkir арҡа (arqa, “back”), Crimean Tatar arqa (“back”), Yakut арҕаа (arğaa, “west; back”) and Yakut арҕас (arğas, “mane of a horse”) Shor арға (“ridge, range; side; pointiness”), Tuvan арга (arga, “mountain forest”); Chuvash урхалӑх (urh̬alăh) / орхалӑх (orh̬alăh, “saddle girth”), from obsolete Chuvash орха (orh̬a, “back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑrqɑ/

Adjective

ئارقا • (arqa)

1. back, rear