Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa ‎(“barley”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(arpa, “barley”), Azeri, Turkish, Crimean Tatar, Uzbek arpa, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar арпа ‎(arpa), Southern Altai арба ‎(arba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑrˈpɑ]
• Hyphenation: ар‧па