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Old Turkic
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, very little”).
Adjective
𐰀𐰕 (az /az/)
- few, scanty
c. 735 CE, Yollïġ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤),
Bilge Qaɣan Inscription line 32, facing East:
- 𐰋𐰃𐰔:𐰔:𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰔:𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔
- b²iz:z:r²t²mz:y¹b¹z:r²t²mz
- /Biz az ärtimiz, yabïz ärtimiz /
- We were but a few , we were in bad shape.
Adverb
𐰀𐰕 (az /az/)
- a little, a few
Derived terms
- 𐰔𐰴𐰪𐰀 (zqńa /azqïɲa/, “very few”)
- 𐰔𐰲𐰃 (zči /azča/, “a few”)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to go astray, lose one's way”).
Verb
𐰀𐰕 (az /āz-/)
- (intransitive) to go astray, to lose one's way
- (figurative, intransitive) to die, perish
- Synonym: 𐰇𐰠 (öl-)
c. 8th-9th centuries,
Begre Inscription (e-11) line 2/5:
- 𐰚𐰇𐰥𐰀𐰖𐰀𐰔𐰑𐰢𐰀
- kün²ay¹azd¹ma
- / künä aya azïdïma./
- In the day and the night I perished
Derived terms
- 𐰔𐰆 (zu /azu/, “or, if so”) (conjunction)
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:z-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 729
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 727
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “az”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “az-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 307