Turkish

Proper noun

Arı

1. A male given name
2. A female given name

Azeri

Noun

arı ‎(definite accusative arını, plural arılar)

1. bee

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.ɾɯ/

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic arı ‎(“bee”), from Proto-Turkic *ārɨ ‎(“wasp, bee”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *p`ḗra ‎(“bee”). Related to ayı and бөрі.

Noun

arı ‎(definite accusative arıyı, plural arılar)

1. bee

Derived terms

• arıcı
• arıcılık
• arılık

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “arı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük.
• Sergei Starostin, Vladimir Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003), Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (Etymology: *ārɨ).

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic arɨɣ/arɨ-/arɨt- ‎(“clean, pure, fine”), from Proto-Turkic *aru, *ạrɨ- ‎(“clean, pure, to be clean; to clean, purify”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *ĕ́ro ‎(“clean”). Related to er and -er.

Adjective

arı ‎(comparative daha arı, superlative en arı)

1. clean
2. pure

Derived terms

• arınmak
• arındırmak
• arıtmak
• arıtılmak
• arıtım
• arıtma

References

• Joseph Greenberg, (2002) Indo-European and its closest relatives. 2nd Lexicon. Stanford University Press. p.23.
• Sergei Starostin, Vladimir Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003), Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (Etymology: *ạrɨ-, *àr-, *ùrùpà-)