aruq

Salar

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /ɑruχ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ārïk, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ār-. Cognate to Azerbaijani arıq, Turkish arık, Turkmen arryk.

Adjective

aruq

1. thin, lean, skinny (not fat)

Derived terms

• aruqlandırğusı
• aruqlanğusı
• aruqlağusı
• aruqlı

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ārïk. Cognate to Turkish ark, Turkmen āryk.

Noun

aruq (3rd person possessive aruğı, plural aruqlar)

1. stream, ditch, runnel

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893), “aruq”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия [Tangutsko-Tibetskaja okraina Kitaja i Centralʹnaja Mongolija] (in Russian)
• Kakuk, S. (1962), “aruq”, in “Un vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[1], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1992), “aruq”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都 [Chéngdū]: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 10
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “aruq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 44
• 马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “aruq”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), pages 261, 293