arqa

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		اَرقا

Alternative forms

• arxa

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arka. Doublet of arxa, borrowed from Azerbaijani.

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [aɾqa]

Noun

arqa (definite accusative arqañ, plural arqalar)

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Declension

Declension of arqa

	singular	plural
nominative	arqa	arqalar
genitive	arqañ	arqalarııñ
dative	arqaqa	arqalarqa
definite accusative	arqañ	arqaları
locative	arqaça	arqalarça
ablative	arqada	arqalarda
instrumental	arqala	arqalarla
equative	arqavâra	arqalarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Salar

Pronunciation

• (Mengda, Qingshui, Shixiang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [ɑrχɑ]
• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ɑrqɑ]

Noun

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References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “арха”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “arχa”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 43
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “arxa”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 292-293
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “arxa”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 268