арай

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat арай (araj) and Kalmyk әрә (ärä), likely a variant of more widely attested Proto-Mongolic *aran, perhaps related to Common Turkic *hāz (if from earlier Proto-Turkic *hāŕ).

Compare Daur araang (“barely, slightly”), Turkish az (“few, a bit”).

Adverb

арай • (araj) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠷᠠᠢ (arai))

a bit, slightly
Antonym: илүү (ilüü)
barely
Synonym: дөнгөж (döngöž)
hardly
almost, practically
Synonyms: бараг (barag), дөхөм (döhöm)

Descendants

→ Tuvan: арай (aray)
→ Tofa: арай
→ Evenki: арай (araj)
(?) → Even: арай (araj, “oh, ow, suddenly, only”)

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