𐰔𐰲𐰃

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)

1. 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