ardala

Turkish

Etymology 1

Unknown․ Middle Armenian արտալայ (artalay) and Georgian არტალა (arṭala) are Turkic borrowings.

Noun

ardala (definite accusative ardalayı, plural ardalalar) (dialectal)

1. (Sivas) unused part of meat
2. (Kütahya) usable part of meat
3. (Rize) entrails of the livestock
4. (Niğde) ribs of the cattle
5. (Niğde) hindlegs of cow
6. (Kastamonu) aged and weak animal
7. (Ordu) desolate, quiet place
8. (Erzurum) low value livestock

Adjective

ardala (dialectal)

1. (Ordu, Bitlis) bulky, enormous
2. (Rize, Yozgat) thick-bodied, stupid

Adverb

ardala (dialectal)

1. (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) (dialectal)

1. (obsolete) the big bell of the hindmost camel in a caravan
2. (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 (2002, 2009) “arda II/ardala I”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), Istanbul, Vienna
• Tietze, Andreas (2002, 2009) “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