orqarı

Salar

Etymology

From orı (top, upper end) +‎ -qarı (dative case).

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /orχɑrɨ/, /urχɑrɨ/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /urχar/

Adverb

orqarı

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    Orqarı üşirse, alaguşnigi ganadı açılbar-i; düyine üşirse, şañsi baluqni(gi) göñni yillağu yiradir-i.
    Look up, and the eagle spreads its wings; look down, and hundreds of fish ease the soul.

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “orqarı”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 427
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “orqarı”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 18
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “orqarı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 171
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “orqarı”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 197