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4-letter words (2 found)

ARPA,PARA,

3-letter words (2 found)

PAR,RAP,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AR,PA,

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arpa rapa apra para rpaa praa arap raap aarp aarp raap arap apar paar aapr aapr paar apar rpaa praa rapa arpa para apra

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Definitions and meaning of arpa

arpa

Asturian

Noun

arpa f (plural arpes)

  1. harp (musical instrument)

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑrˈpɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧pa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *arpa.

Noun

arpa (definite accusative arpanı, plural arpalar)

  1. barley

Etymology 2

Noun

arpa (definite accusative arpanı, plural arpalar)

  1. (historical) a unit of weight equal to 37,5 grams

Declension

arpa (definite accusative arpanı, plural arpalar)

Further reading

  • “arpa” in Obastan.com.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arpa (“harp”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ar‧pa
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɾpa/, [ˈʔaɾ.pa]

Noun

árpa

  1. harp (musical instrument)

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈar.pə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈaɾ.pa]

Etymology 1

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

arpa f (plural arpes)

  1. harp
Derived terms
  • arpista

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).

Noun

arpa f (plural arpes)

  1. claw of an animal
  2. (in the plural) pitchfork
Derived terms
  • arpejar
  • arpella, arpelles
  • arpó

Further reading

  • “arpa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “arpa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “arpa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “arpa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish arpa.

Noun

arpa

  1. harp (music instrument)

Corsican

Noun

arpa f (plural arpe)

  1. harp

Further reading

  • “arpa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

Noun

arpa (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. barley

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arbaz (whence Old Norse arfr, Swedish arv).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑ̝rpɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrpɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ar‧pa

Noun

arpa

  1. lot (anything, as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper, used in determining a question by chance)
  2. lottery ticket
    Synonym: arpalippu

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • arpajaiset
  • arpakuutio
  • arpoa
  • arvonta

References

Further reading

  • “arpa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • para, rapa

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arpa. Cognate of Tagalog alpa.

Noun

árpa

  1. harp, lyre

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa. Cognates include Finnish arpa and Estonian arp.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑrp]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑrb̥ɑ]
  • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑrb̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrp, -ɑrpɑ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧pa

Noun

arpa

  1. lot (used for determining a question by chance)
  2. allotment (piece of land given by the village council by means of a lottery)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 17
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 21

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈar.pa/
  • Rhymes: -arpa
  • Hyphenation: àr‧pa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

arpa f (plural arpe)

  1. harp (musical instrument)
Derived terms
  • arpeggiare
  • arpicordo
Related terms
  • arpeggiamento
  • arpeggiatore
  • arpeggio

Etymology 2

From Latin harpē, from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “sickle”).

Alternative forms

  • arpe

Noun

arpa f (plural arpe)

  1. a curved sword

Anagrams

  • apar, apra, para, para-, parà, rapa

Khalaj

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa.

Pronunciation

  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [aɾpa]

Noun

arpa (definite accusative arpañ, plural arpalar)

  1. barley

Declension

Derived terms

  • arpa suvı (“beer”)
  • quş arpası (“oat”)

References

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

Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾ.pa/

Noun

arpa f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ארפה, plural arpas)

  1. harp

Lombard

Noun

arpa f

  1. harp

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian arpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈar.pa/

Noun

arpa f

  1. osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

arpa f (plural arpas)

  1. harp
  2. claw

Derived terms

  • (claw): arpar

Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈar.pa/
  • Hyphenation: àr‧pa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

arpa f (plural arpi)

  1. harp

Etymology 2

From Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).

Noun

arpa f (plural arpi)

  1. raptor, bird of prey

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • harpa (rare)

Etymology

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾpa/ [ˈaɾ.pa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾpa
  • Syllabification: ar‧pa

Noun

arpa f (plural arpas)

  1. harp (musical instrument)

Usage notes

  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el arpa, un arpa
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “arpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • alpa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arpa (“harp”), from Late Latin harpa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɾpa/, [ˈʔaɾ.pɐ]
    • IPA(key): /ʔaɾˈpa/, [ʔɐɾˈpa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾpa, -a
  • Syllabification: ar‧pa

Noun

arpa or arpá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜉ) (music)

  1. harp

See also

Tatar

Noun

arpa

  1. Latin spelling of арпа (arpa, “barley”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آرپه (“barley”), itself from Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑɾ.pɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧pa

Noun

arpa (definite accusative arpayı, plural arpalar)

  1. barley

Declension

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arpa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • *àrp`á Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Hyllested, Adam (2014) Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe: Five Millennia of Language Contact (PhD. dissertation)‎[4], Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, pages 32-33

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾpʰa/
  • IPA(key): /aɾɸa/ (colloquial)

Noun

arpa (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. barley

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

Noun

arpa (plural arpalar)

  1. barley

Source: wiktionary.org