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Where does “arka” come from?
arka (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آرقه, from Proto-Turkic *arka — back.
arka
(Turkish): back
Definitions
back
Ancestry of “arka”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
آرقه
back, the rear of the body from the neck to the end of the spine
2
Proto-Turkic
*arka
back
Words derived from “arka”
arkabahçe
kamera arkası
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