ardala
Turkish
Etymology 1
Unknown․ Middle Armenian արտալայ (artalay) and Georgian არტალა (arṭala) are Turkic borrowings.
Noun
ardala (definite accusative ardalayı, plural ardalalar)
- (dialectal, Sivas) unused part of meat
- (dialectal, Kütahya) usable part of meat
- (dialectal, Rize) entrails of the livestock
- (dialectal, Niğde) ribs of the cattle
- (dialectal, Niğde) hindlegs of cow
- (dialectal, Kastamonu) aged and weak animal
- (dialectal, Ordu) desolate, quiet place
- (dialectal, Erzurum) low value livestock
Adjective
ardala
- (dialectal, Ordu, Bitlis) bulky, enormous
- (dialectal, Rize, Yozgat) thick-bodied, stupid
Adverb
ardala
- (dialectal, Kütahya, Muğla) from behind, in the absence of, in absentia
Etymology 2
Unknown, perhaps derived from art (“hind; back”).
Noun
ardala (definite accusative ardalayı, plural ardalalar)
- (obsolete, dialectal) the big bell of the hindmost camel in a caravan
- (dialectal, Gümüşhane) bell for horses and donkeys
References
- “ardala”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
- Tietze, Andreas (2001, 2007), “arda II/ardala I”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), Istanbul, Vienna
- Tietze, Andreas (2001, 2007), “ardala II”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), Istanbul, Vienna
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “ardala”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Seidel, Ernst (1908) Mechithar’s, des Meisterarztes aus Her, ‘Trost bei Fiebern’: nach dem Venediger Druck vom Jahre 1832 zum ersten Male aus dem Mittelarmenischen übersetzt und erläutert (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, § 74, page 130