Proto-Turkic: *ar-
Meaning: 1 to make magic, cast spells 2 to deceive
Russian meaning: 1 колдовать, заклинать 2 обманывать
Old Turkic: ar- 2 (Orkh., OUygh.), arvɨš 'magic' (OUygh.)
Turkish: arpaɣ 'magic' (dial.)
Tatar: arbɨ- 1 (Sib., КСТТ 103)
Middle Turkic: arba- 1 (Sangl., Бад.)
Uzbek: avra- 1, 2
Uighur: a(r)ba- 1
Sary-Yughur: arva- 1 (ЯЖУ 16)
Turkmen: arvax dial. 'evil spirit'
Khakassian: arba- 1
Shor: arba- 1, arbɨš 'magic'
Oyrat: arba-n- 'to scold'
Yakut: arbā- 1 (Пек. I 139 'to praise for magic purposes')
Kirghiz: arba- 1, 2
Kazakh: arba- 1, 2
Bashkir: arba- 1
Karakalpak: arba- 1, 2
Comments: EDT 193, 199, VEWT 24, ЭСТЯ I 168-170. Turk. > MMong. arba- 'to put spells' (SH 8); Turk. arbɨš > Mong. arbis 'knowledge' (Clark 1980, 41).
