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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Azerbaijani or Azerbaijani azərbaycanca.

Symbol

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az

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Azerbaijani.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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az (not comparable)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of as.
    • 1790, Noah Webster, A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, pages 340–341:
      The whole legiſlature likewize acts az a court for the trial of public delinquents.

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation.

Noun

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az (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of az. (“azure”).

Etymology 3

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From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ).

Noun

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az (uncountable)

  1. Name of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic аз
Arabic آز

Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آزْ (az), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ɑz]
    • Audio:(file)

    Adjective

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    az

    1. few, little

    Adverb

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    az

    1. a bit, a little
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    Further reading

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    Etymology 2

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    From ay qız.

    Interjection

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    az

    1. An informal way of addressing a girl.
      Az, nə qayırırsan?! ― Girl, what are you doing?!

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    Breton

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    Pronoun

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    az

    1. you (sg acc.)

    Bukhari

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Tajik аз (az).

      Pronunciation

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      This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

      Preposition

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      az (Cyrillic spelling аз)

      1. from, about, at

      References

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      • Gulkarov, Josef (2010), Этимологический словарь бухарско-еврейского языка с переводомна русский, англиский и иврит [Etymological Dictionary of Bukharian - Russian - English - Hebrew] (in Russian, English, and Hebrew), Tel Aviv: Union of Bukharian Jews in Israel, Jewish Agency, page 29

      Crimean Tatar

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      Etymology

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      Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (āz, “few, little, a bit, a little”).

      Adjective

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      az

      1. few, little

      Synonyms

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      Gagauz

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آزْ (āz), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Compare Azerbaijani az, Turkish az, Crimean Tatar az.

      Pronunciation

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      Adjective

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      az (comparative taa az, superlative en az)

      1. alternative form of aaz

      References

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      • Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 23
      • Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 13

      Hungarian

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      Etymology

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      The pronoun and determiner senses probably derive from an earlier a[1] + a pronoun-forming suffix -z,[2] where the former element originates from Proto-Uralic *o or *u (“that, that other”).[3] Its cognates include Moksha омба (omba, “other”), омбоце (omboce, “second”), Eastern Mari умбал (umbal, “far, distant”),[4][5] Udmurt отын (otyn, “there”)[6][7] and Komi-Zyrian ата (ata, “here”), асы (asy, “look here”).[3]

      The definite article was created by means of conversion,[1][2] originally only in the form az, later shortened to a’ before consonants until the early 20th century, when the spelling a was accepted.

      Pronunciation

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      Article

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      az

      1. the (for words beginning with a vowel) [from 13th–14th c.]
        az iskola ― the school

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      • a (for words beginning with a consonant)

      Pronoun

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      az

      1. that [from late 12th c.]
        Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz
        Az ott egy ház. ― That is a house over there.
        Az tetszik nekem a legjobban. ― That is what I like the most. (literally, “That appeals to me the most.”)

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      Inflection of az
      singular plural
      nominative az azok
      accusative azt azokat
      dative annak azoknak
      instrumental azzal azokkal
      causal-final azért azokért
      translative azzá azokká
      terminative addig azokig
      essive-formal akként azokként
      essive-modal — —
      inessive abban azokban
      superessive azon azokon
      adessive annál azoknál
      illative abba azokba
      sublative arra azokra
      allative ahhoz azokhoz
      elative abból azokból
      delative arról azokról
      ablative attól azoktól
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular
      azé azoké
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural
      azéi azokéi

      The possessive forms of this pronoun are not in use. If necessary, the corresponding possessive forms of olyan (“such [a thing]”) can be used.

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      Hungarian table of correlatives (see also Hungarian demonstrative adverbs)
      question question
      word
      this that same every-/all no- relative some- any- other-/else- a few
      e/i- a/o- ugyan- mind-
      minden-
      se(m/n)- a- vala- akár-, bár- más- né-
      who ki ő ugyanő mindenki senki aki valaki akárki, bárki másvalaki –
      what mi ez az ugyanez
      ugyanaz
      minden
      mindez, mindaz
      semmi ami, amely valami akármi, bármi más
      másvalami
      –
      which melyik mindegyik
      mind
      semelyik
      egyik sem
      amelyik valamelyik
      egyik
      akármelyik, bármelyik másik némelyik
      how hogy(an)
      miként, mint
      miképp(en)
      így
      ekként
      ekképp(en)
      úgy
      akként
      akképp(en)
      ugyanígy
      ugyanúgy
      mindenhogy(an)
      mindenképp(en)
      mindenféleképpen
      sehogy(an)1
      semmiképp(en)
      semmiféleképpen
      ahogy(an)
      (a)mint
      (a)miképpen
      valahogy(an)2
      valamiképp(en)
      akárhogy(an), bárhogy(an)
      akár-/bármiképpen
      máshogy(an)
      másként
      másképp(en)
      némiképpen
      what…like
      what kind
      milyen
      miféle
      ilyen
      efféle
      olyan
      afféle
      ugyanilyen
      ugyanolyan
      mindenféle semmilyen
      semmiféle
      amilyen valamilyen
      valamiféle
      akármilyen, bármilyen
      akármiféle, bármiféle
      másmilyen, másfajta
      másféle
      néhányféle
      where hol itt ott ugyanitt
      ugyanott
      mindenhol
      mindenütt
      sehol ahol valahol akárhol, bárhol máshol
      másutt
      néhol
      from where honnan innen onnan ugyaninnen
      ugyanonnan
      mindenhonnan sehonnan ahonnan valahonnan akárhonnan, bárhonnan máshonnan –
      to where hova
      hová
      ide oda ugyanide
      ugyanoda
      mindenhova
      mindenhová
      sehova
      sehová
      ahova
      ahová
      valahova
      valahová
      akárhova, bárhova
      akárhová, bárhová
      máshova
      máshová
      –
      from which way merről erről arról ugyanerről
      ugyanarról
      mindenfelől semerről amerről valamerről akármerről, bármerről másfelől –
      which way merre
      merrefelé
      erre
      errefelé
      arra
      arrafelé
      ugyanerre
      ugyanarra
      mindenfelé semerre amerre valamerre akármerre, bármerre másfelé –
      why miért ezért azért ugyanezért
      ugyanazért
      mindenért semmiért amiért valamiért akármiért, bármiért másért –
      how many hány ennyi annyi ugyanennyi
      ugyanannyi
      mind
      az összes
      sehány ahány valahány akárhány, bárhány – néhány
      how much mennyi semennyi amennyi valamennyi akármennyi, bármennyi némi
      what extent mennyire ennyire annyira ugyanennyire
      ugyanannyira
      (teljesen) semennyire amennyire valamennyire akármennyire, bármennyire – –
      what size mekkora ekkora akkora ugyanekkora
      ugyanakkora
      (az egész) semekkora amekkora valamekkora akármekkora, bármekkora – –
      what time mikor ekkor akkor ugyanekkor
      ugyanakkor
      mindig soha/sose(m)
      sohase(m)
      semmikor
      amikor valamikor akármikor, bármikor máskor néha
      how long
      how far
      meddig eddig addig ugyaneddig
      ugyanaddig
      (végig)3 semeddig amíg
      ameddig
      valameddig akármeddig, bármeddig –  –

      1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
      2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
      3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
      Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).

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      az

      1. (used before a noun phrase with a definite article, declined in accordance with the noun phrase it applies to) that
        Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz
        Az a ház nagyon szép. ― That house is very beautiful.
        Azzal a dobozzal nem tudok mit kezdeni. ― I cannot do anything with that box.
        Azokban a házakban venezuelaiak laknak. ― In those houses, Venezuelan people are living.
      2. (rare, archaic, except in vowel-initial fixed phrases, with zero article) that
        Synonym: (before words starting with a consonant; rare in this function) a
        Coordinate terms: e, ez, eme, emez, ama, amaz, ezen, azon
        az ügyben (equivalent to abban az ügyben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that matter
        az évben (equivalent to abban az évben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that year
        az az évi díjak (with an emphatic second az) ― the fees of that year

      Usage notes

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      Because az (in the first, common usage) takes a definite article (the) and van (“is, to be”) is omitted in "who"/"what" statements, some terms are ambiguous. “Az a ház” can mean both “that house” as a phrase and “That is the house” as a whole sentence. The same ambiguity may arise with ez.

      In higher (formal) register, azon may be used instead of the current usage of az, especially to shorten phrases where the suffix or postposition would have to be repeated, e.g. azokról az anyagokról vs. azon anyagokról (“about those materials/substances”) or azok helyett az anyagok helyett vs. azon anyagok helyett (“instead of those materials/substances”). To avoid repetition in a less formal style, though not exactly with the same sense, the determiner olyan (“such”) might be applied: az olyan anyagokról, az olyan anyagok helyett.

      Declension

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      Inflection of az
      singular plural
      nominative az azok
      accusative azt azokat
      dative annak azoknak
      instrumental azzal azokkal
      causal-final azért azokért
      translative azzá azokká
      terminative addig azokig
      essive-formal akként azokként
      essive-modal — —
      inessive abban azokban
      superessive azon azokon
      adessive annál azoknál
      illative abba azokba
      sublative arra azokra
      allative ahhoz azokhoz
      elative abból azokból
      delative arról azokról
      ablative attól azoktól
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular
      azé azoké
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural
      azéi azokéi

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      Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
      case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal
      prefix
      category
      nominative – ki mi ez az ő* / ∅
      az / ∅
      – –
      accusative -t / -ot /
      -at / -et / -öt
      kit mit ezt azt őt* / ∅
      azt / ∅
      – c1
      c2
      dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
      instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
      evvel
      azzal/
      avval
      vele category
      causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – category
      translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – category
      terminative -ig – meddig eddig addig – – category
      essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – category
      essive-modal -ul / -ül – – – – – – category
      inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – category
      superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
      adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – category
      illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
      sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- category
      allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
      elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – category
      delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – category
      ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – category

      1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
      Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

      References

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      1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 az in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.
      2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 az in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
      3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Entry #656 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
      4. ^ Mari–English dictionary
      5. ^ Mari–Russian dictionary
      6. ^ Estonian–Udmurt dictionary (looking up Estonian seal (“there”))
      7. ^ отын in the Finnish Wiktionary

      Further reading

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      • az in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).
      • (pronoun or determiner): az in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
      • (definite article, referring to its alternative form “a”): az in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
      • (the referred entry on the definite article): (3): a in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

      Latvian

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      Preposition

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      az (with genitive)

      1. (dialectal) behind; alternative form of aiz

      Mapudungun

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      Noun

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      az (Raguileo spelling)

      1. countenance; face; side
      2. form; colour; aspect
      3. personality; habit
      4. kinship

      References

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      • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

      Middle High German

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      Etymology 1

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      From Old High German āȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą.

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      • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈaːs/

      Noun

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      āȥ n

      1. food
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      • German: Aas (merged with ās)
      • Vilamovian: aosa

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈas/, /ˈaːs/

      Verb

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      aȥ or āȥ

      1. first/third-person singular past indicative of ëȥȥen
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      Old High German

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      Verb

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      aȥ or āȥ

      1. first/third-person singular past indicative of ëȥȥan

      Polish

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      Conjunction

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      az

      1. (Far Masovian, Przasnysz, Western Kraków, Lasovia, Tarnobrzeg County, Nisko County, Połaniec) alternative form of aż
        1. (Sieradz, Wieluń, Radomsko) synonym of niech / aby

      Particle

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      az

      1. (Sieradz, Wieluń, Radomsko, Podhale, Rabka-Zdrój) alternative form of aż

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      Portuguese

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      Noun

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      az m (plural azes)

      1. obsolete spelling of ás

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      Romanian

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      Adverb

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      az

      1. obsolete form of azi

      References

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      • az in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

      Scots

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      Etymology

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      Distortion of whase.

      Determiner

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      az (Cromarty)

      1. whose

      Pronoun

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      az (Cromarty)

      1. whose

      References

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      • Am Baile (2009), The Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect‎[1], Highland Council, page 4

      Sumerian

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      Romanization

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      az

      1. romanization of 𒊍 (az)

      Talysh

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Iranian *ajám. Cognate with Sanskrit अहम् (aham).

      Pronoun

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      az (ergative mı)

      1. I
        Az ıştı hamsüəm.
        I am your neighbour.

      References

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      • Pirejko, L. A. (1976), “az”, in Талышско-русский словарь [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20

      Turkish

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      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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        Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آز (az, “little”), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (az /⁠āz⁠/, “few, little, a bit, a little”), Karakhanid اازْ (āz, “few, scanty”).

        Determiner

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        az (comparative daha az, superlative en az)

        1. few, little
        Declension
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        Predicative forms of az
        present tense
        positive declarative positive interrogative
        ben (I am) azım az mıyım?
        sen (you are) azsın az mısın?
        o (he/she/it is) az / azdır az mı?
        biz (we are) azız az mıyız?
        siz (you are) azsınız az mısınız?
        onlar (they are) az(lar) az(lar) mı?
        past tense
        positive declarative positive interrogative
        ben (I was) azdım az mıydım?
        sen (you were) azdın az mıydın?
        o (he/she/it was) azdı az mıydı?
        biz (we were) azdık az mıydık?
        siz (you were) azdınız az mıydınız?
        onlar (they were) azdılar az mıydılar?
        indirect past
        positive declarative positive interrogative
        ben (I was) azmışım az mıymışım?
        sen (you were) azmışsın az mıymışsın?
        o (he/she/it was) azmış az mıymış?
        biz (we were) azmışız az mıymışız?
        siz (you were) azmışsınız az mıymışsınız?
        onlar (they were) azmışlar az mıymışlar?
        conditional
        positive declarative positive interrogative
        ben (if I) azsam az mıysam?
        sen (if you) azsan az mıysan?
        o (if he/she/it) azsa az mıysa?
        biz (if we) azsak az mıysak?
        siz (if you) azsanız az mıysanız?
        onlar (if they) azsalar az mıysalar?

        For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

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        Adverb

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        az

        1. a bit, a little
          Az kenara kay. ― Move over a little.
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        Verb

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        az

        1. second-person singular imperative of azmak

        Yola

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā.

        Pronunciation

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        Conjunction

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        az

        1. as
          • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, line 3:
            an, az wee verilie chote,
            and, as we truly believe,
          • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14:
            az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
            for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.
          • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 14-15:
            Mang ourzels——var wee dwytheth an Irelonde az ure generale haime——
            Unto ourselves——for we look on Ireland to be our common country——
          • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 23-24:
            proo'th, y'at wee alane needeth ye giftes o'generale rights, az be displayte bie ee factes o'thie goveremente.
            proves that we alone stood in need of the enjoyment of common privileges, as is demonstrated by the results of your government.
          • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 10-11:
            az Irishmen, an az dwellerès na cosh an loyale o' Baronie Forthe,
            as Irishmen, and as inhabitants, faithful and loyal, of the Barony Forth,

        References

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        • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114