араа

Mongolian

Etymology 1

From *araxa, a common form of Proto-Mongolic *arïxa, perhaps from Proto-Turkic *aŕɨg.

Compare Bonan are dung, Turkish azı (“molar”)

Noun

араа • (araa) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (araɣ-a)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. molar
  2. tooth of a gear
  3. gearwheel, cogwheel
Hypernyms
Derived terms
  • араатан (araatan, “predator, beast”)
  • араалах (araalah, “to grow molars, to display teeth”)

Etymology 2

Noun

араа • (araa)

  1. Only used in араа тоть (araa totʹ)
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