آغاج

Azerbaijani

Noun

آغاج (ağac) (definite accusative آغاجێ (ağacı), plural آغاجلار (ağaclar))

1. Arabic spelling of ağac (“tree”)

Declension

Declension of آغاج

	singular	plural
nominative	آغاج	آغاجلار
definite accusative	آغاجێ	آغاجلارێ
dative	آغاجا	آغاجلارا
locative	آغاجدا	آغاجلاردا
ablative	آغاجدان	آغاجلاردان
definite genitive	آغاجێن	آغاجلارێن

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ïgač. The final consonant is unvoiced in the nominative in most cognates, becoming voiced in Ottoman Turkish, but reverting to unvoiced in modern Turkish and in some forms of Azerbaijani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈɣɑt͡ʃ], [ɑːt͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): [ɑˈɡɑt͡ʃ]

Adjective

آغاج • (ağac)

1. wooden

Noun

آغاج • (ağac)

1. tree
2. wood
3. cane, walking stick

Usage notes

• In compounds, as آغاجی (ağacı), forms names of trees from names of fruits borne by the trees.

Derived terms

• قزل آغاج (kızıl ağaç, “alder”, literally “red tree”)
• آغاجچق (ağacçık, “small tree”)

Descendants

• Turkish: ağaç

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ağaç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 132
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آغاج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 22
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آغاج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 146