Altaic etymology : Query result

Proto-Altaic: *āŕa

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: small, scarce; recent

Russian meaning: малочисленный, редкий; недавний

Turkic: *Āŕ

Mongolian: *araj

Tungus-Manchu: *ara-

Korean: *ārắi

Japanese: *àrà-(ta-)

Comments: EAS 110, KW 13, Владимирцов 361. Low tone in *àrà-tà- is probably secondary (a result of some contamination?); cf. Yonaguni (suffixless) àrà- < *árá- 'new'. Despite Doerfer MT 44, TM is hardly borrowed from Mong. (although some forms - Evk., Evn. arai - are).

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