Arche

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. (feminine) ark (Noah’s ship)
2. (archaic, feminine) ark of the covenant
3. (feminine, obsolete) broad, middle-sized boat or ship
4. (dialectal, feminine, obsolete) wooden box, chest

Hevwate

Arche Noah

Beutel

Futteral

Kasten

Lade

Werger

ark

ark

arche

arca

arca

Noah’s ark

arca

Arche

arca de Noé

duba

mavna

Nuh’un gemisi

سَفِينَة

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈarçə/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin: arche

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin: arka

In summary

From Middle High German arche, byform of more common arke, from Old High German arka, archa, from Proto-Germanic *arkō, from Latin arca. The expected German form is Arke. The ch-form is native in parts of Upper German. It was reinforced in the modern standard language by the Medieval Latin spelling archa.