arpa

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. harp (musical instrument)

• IPA^(key): /ɑrˈpɑ/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

From Proto-Turkic *arpa.

arpa (definite accusative arpanı, plural arpalar)

1. barley

arpa (definite accusative arpanı, plural arpalar)

1. (historical) a unit of weight equal to 37,5 grams

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “arpa”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 138
• Altun Kitab (2013–), “arpa” in Azleks

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈar.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaɾ.pa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. harp

• arpista

Inherited from Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).

arpa f (plural arpes)

1. claw of an animal
2. (in the plural) pitchfork

• arpejar
• arpella, arpelles
• arpó

• “arpa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arpa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “arpa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “arpa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from Spanish arpa (“harp”).

• Hyphenation: ar‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾpa/ [ˈʔaɾ.pa]

árpa

1. harp (musical instrument)

Inherited from Spanish arpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾpa/, [ˈaɾ.pa]
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

arpa

1. harp (music instrument)

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. harp

• “arpa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

arpa (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. barley

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *arpa (compare Ingrian arpa), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arbaz (whence Old Norse arfr, Swedish arv).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑ̝rpɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): ar‧pa

arpa

1. lot (anything, as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper, used in determining a question by chance)
2. lottery ticket

   Synonym: arpalippu

• arpajaiset
• arpakuutio
• arpoa
• arvonta

• “arpa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• para, rapa

Borrowed from Spanish arpa. Cognate of Tagalog alpa.

árpa

1. harp, lyre

From Proto-Finnic *arpa. Cognates include Finnish arpa and Estonian arp.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑrp]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑrb̥ɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑrb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrp, -ɑrpɑ
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

arpa

1. lot (used for determining a question by chance)
2. allotment (piece of land given by the village council by means of a lottery)

Declension of arpa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	arpa	arvat
genitive	arvan	arpoin
partitive	arpaa	arpoja
illative	arpaa	arpoi
inessive	arvaas	arvois
elative	arvast	arvoist
allative	arvalle	arvoille
adessive	arvaal	arvoil
ablative	arvalt	arvoilt
translative	arvaks	arvoiks
essive	arpanna, arpaan	arpoinna, arpoin
exessive1)	arpant	arpoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 17
• Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 21

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa/
• Rhymes: -arpa
• Hyphenation: àr‧pa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. harp (musical instrument)

• arpeggiare
• arpicordo

• arpeggiamento
• arpeggiatore
• arpeggio

From Latin harpē, from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “sickle”).

• arpe

arpa f (plural arpe)

1. a curved sword

• apar, apra, para, para-, parà, rapa

Perso-Arabic		اَرپا

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [aɾpa]

arpa (definite accusative arpañ, plural arpalar)

1. barley

• arpa suvı (“beer”)
• quş arpası (“oat”)

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.pa/

arpa f (Hebrew spelling ארפה, plural arpas)

1. harp

   אי טי לוארי קון לה ארפה ,דייו מי דייו.

   Y te loare kon la arpa, Dio, mi Dio.

   And I shall praise you upon the harp, God, my God.

arpa f

1. harp

Borrowed from Sicilian arpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -arpa

arpa f

1. osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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arpa f (plural arpas)

1. harp
2. claw

• (claw): arpar

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa/
• Hyphenation: àr‧pa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

arpa f (plural arpi)

1. harp

From Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).

arpa f (plural arpi)

1. raptor, bird of prey

• harpa (rare)

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾpa/ [ˈaɾ.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾpa
• Syllabification: ar‧pa

arpa f (plural arpas)

1. harp (musical instrument)

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like arpa, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el arpa. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al arpa, del arpa.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un arpa or una arpa. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor arpa, una buena arpa.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el arpa única, un(a) arpa buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

• “arpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• alpa

Borrowed from Spanish arpa (“harp”), from Late Latin harpa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾpa/ [ˈʔaɾ.pɐ], /ʔaɾˈpa/ [ʔɐɾˈpa]

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• Rhymes: -aɾpa, -a
• Syllabification: ar‧pa

arpa or arpá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜉ) (music)

1. harp

• para, arap

arpa

1. Latin spelling of арпа (arpa, “barley”)

From Ottoman Turkish آرپه (“barley”), itself from Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑɾ.pɑ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

• Audio:

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arpa (definite accusative arpayı, plural arpalar)

1. barley

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “arpa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• *àrp`á Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Hyllested, Adam (2014), Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe: Five Millennia of Language Contact (PhD. dissertation)‎^[5], Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, pages 32-33

Other scripts
Latin	arpa‍
Cyrillic	арпа‍
Arabic	آرپا

• arfa (Yomut)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈpa/, [ɑ̝ɾˈpɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): [ɑɾˈɸɑ] (colloquial)
• Hyphenation: ar‧pa

arpa (definite accusative arpany, plural arpalar)

1. barley

• “arpa” in Enedilim.com
• “arpa” in Webonary.org

From Proto-Turkic *arpa (“barley”).

arpa (plural arpalar)

1. barley