آرا

See also: ارا‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āra (“distance; interval”) and thus related to آیرمق‎ (ayırmak, “to part; separate, choose, pick, select, distinguish”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀‎ (r¹a /āra/), Azerbaijani ara, Bashkir ара (ara), Uzbek ora and Yakut аара (aara).

Alternative forms

Noun

آرا • (ara)

  1. space or place, opening, interval, room, between two or among many things
    Synonyms: آرالق‎ (aralık), بوشلق‎ (boşluk), مسافه‎ (mesafe)
  2. space of time, an interval or pause between two or among many events
    Synonyms: فاصله‎ (fasıla), وقت‎ (vakt)
  3. (figuratively) relationship, understanding, footing between two persons
Derived terms
  • آرا آچلمق‎ (ara açılmak, “to break up”)
  • آرا باغی‎ (ara bağı, “septum of the nose”)
  • آرا بولمق‎ (ara bulmak, “to find an opportunity”)
  • آراسز‎ (arasız, “continuous, uninterrupted”)
  • آرالاتمق‎ (aralatmak, “to make two things separate”)
  • آرالامق‎ (aralamak, “to separate two things”)
  • آرالانمق‎ (aralanmak, “to be separated”)
  • آرالق‎ (aralık, “space, interval, opening”)
  • آره‌سنده‎ (arasında, “between, among”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: ara
  • → Armenian: արա (ara)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic آرَاء‎ (ʔārāʔ), plural of رَأْي‎ (raʔy).

Noun

آرا • (ara)

  1. opinion, belief, view, way of thinking
    Synonym: بیلك‎ (bilik)
  2. vote, a formalized choice on legally relevant measures
    Synonym: اوی‎ (oy)

Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɔɾɔ/

Noun

آرا • (ârâ)

  1. plural of رأی‎

Verb

آرا • (ârâ)

  1. present stem form of آراستن‎
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