Etymology

Aral

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Today it means: A sub-prefectural city of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Full definition →

Uyghur ئارال ← cmg ᠠᠷᠠᠯ ← Proto-Mongolic *aral
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  1. Proto-Mongolic · derived from*aral
  2. cmg · derived fromᠠᠷᠠᠯ
  3. Uyghur · borrowed fromئارال
  4. English todayAral

Borrowed from Uyghur ئارال (aral), from Classical Mongolian ᠠᠷᠠᠯ (aral), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *aral.

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