آرقه

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arka (“back”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺‎𐰴‎‎ (r¹‎q‎ /arqa/), Azerbaijani arxa, Karakhanid اَرْقا‎ (arqa), Kazakh арқа (arqa), Kyrgyz арка (arka), Turkmen arka, Uyghur ئارقا‎ (arqa), Uzbek orqa and Yakut арҕаа (arğaa). Further related to آرد‎ (ard, “back”).

آرقه • (arka)

1. back, the rear of the body from the neck to the end of the spine

   Synonyms: پشت‎ (püşt), صرت‎ (sırt), ظهر‎ (zahr)

2. back, the side of an object which is opposite the front side
3. backer, a powerful friend or supporter

• Turkish: arka
• → Armenian: արխա (arxa)

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