aza

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aza (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, attributive) A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.
   • 2003, Heinrich Zollinger, Color Chemistry‎, →ISBN, page 73:

     "However, aza N-atoms (~N=) have to be counted, if they replace methine groups in the chain."

• zaa

Borrowed from Portuguese asa (“wing, handle”), from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa (“handle”). Compare the doublet asa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.θa/

aza f (plural azas)

1. (proscribed) Synonym of á (“wing”)
   • 1955, Celso Emilio Ferreiro, O soño sulagado, Akal editor, page 40:

     e nós, os homes, nunca tivemos azas.

     and we men never had wings.

• asa

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

aza

1. wing

aza

1. Rōmaji transcription of あざ

From Portuguese asa.

aza

1. wing

• azad, azat

From Proto-Iranian *āzāta-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (āzāta, “noble”), Manichaean Middle Persian (ʾʾzʾd /⁠āzād⁠/), and Parthian 𐭀𐭆𐭀𐭕 (ʾzʾt /⁠āzāt⁠/, “noble”). Akin to Old Armenian ազատ (azat), Georgian აზატი (azaṭi), Iranian borrowings.
Ultimately from the past participle of Proto-Iranian *zan- (“to be born”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-, originally meaning “born (into the clan)” and, by extension, “noble” and “free”.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈzɑː/

aza (comparative azatir, superlative herî aza or azatirîn, Arabic spelling ئازا)

1. free, unrestrained, at large

   Synonyms: rizgar, serbest, xelas

   Antonym: bindest

2. empty, vacant, free
3. brave, bold, courageous

   Synonyms: bizirav, camêr, delîr, zîx

   Antonym: bêxîret

• azahî

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aza I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 24
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aza II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 24

• haza

Univerbation of a +‎ za. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /azaː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /azɒ/

aza

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question
   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 49, 14:

     Aza iescz bødø møso bicow, albo krew kozlowø picz bødø (numquid manducabo... aut... potabo)?

     [Aza jeść będę mięso bykow, albo krew kozłową pić będę (numquid manducabo... aut... potabo)?]

aza

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) in order to
   • 1937 [1408], Józef Birkenmajer, editor, Bogarodzica dziewica. Analiza tekstu, treści i formy‎, number B, Krakow:

     Maria dzewicze, prosmy sinka thwego..., haza nasz hwchowa othe wszego szlego

     [Maryja dziewice, prośmy synka twego..., haza nas huchowa ote wszego złego]

• Middle Polish: aza

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “aza”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá. Cognates include Igala ábíá, Yoruba ajá, Ao dialect Yoruba azá

• IPA^(key): /á.zá/

ázá

1. dog

Inherited from Old Polish aza. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ za.

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zɒ/

aza

1. (MIddle Polish) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question

   Synonym: czy

2. (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “aza”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “aza”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aza”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aza, azaż, azali, azaliwiem, aża, ażali, za, zaż, azać, azaż, ażli”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75

aza f (plural azas)

1. Obsolete spelling of asa.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اعضا (aza), from Arabic أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ), plural of عُضْو (ʕuḍw). An originally plural form reinterpreted as singular.

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aza (definite accusative azayı, plural azalar)

1. (anatomy) member; members
2. member; members, membership (of a council, society, etc.)

   Synonym: üye

• uzuv (singular)

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá. Cognates include Igala ábíá and Olukumi ázá.

• IPA^(key): /ā.zá/

azá

1. (Ào) Alternative form of ajá (“dog”)

   Synonyms: olókílì, lókílì, kítà

From Arabic أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ).

aza c

1. member