ꡝꡘ ꡎ

Middle Mongol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *arbaï, from Proto-Turkic *arpa.

Noun

ꡝꡘ
(ʼʼr-b /arba/)

  1. (hapax legomenon) barley

Descendants

  • Classical Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠢ (arbai)

References

  • D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2010), Mongolian monuments in ʾPhags-pa script (Language and Linguistics monograph series; 42), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, pages 137, 181