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Old Turkic
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, very little”), equivalent to 𐰀𐰕 (āz, “few”) + 𐰲𐰀 (-ča). Cognate with Turkish azca.
Adjective
𐰔𐰲𐰃 (azča)
- few, a little
8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IIW8:𐰔𐰲𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐱅𐰔𐰢𐰾:𐰼𐱅𐰃- azča:bodun:tezmiš:erti
- ...a few of the people had fled...
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “azča”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 374
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ta:m”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 502