aza

See also: Aza, aza-, -aza, -áza, āza, azā, and āža

English

Noun

aza (uncountable)

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

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

Derived terms

• aziridine

Anagrams

• zaa

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.θa/

Noun

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.

Related terms

• asa

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

Noun

aza

1. wing

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Japanese

Romanization

aza

1. Rōmaji transcription of あざ

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese asa.

Noun

aza

1. wing

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Portuguese

Noun

aza f (plural azas)

1. Obsolete spelling of asa

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اعضا‎ (aza), from Arabic أَعْضَاء‎ (ʾaʿḍāʾ), plural of عُضْو‎ (ʿuḍw). An originally plural form reinterpreted as singular.

Noun

aza (definite accusative azayı, plural azalar)

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

Related terms

• uzuv (singular)

References

• 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

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Yoruba

Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *abyá. Cognates include Igala ábíá and Ulukwumi azá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.zá/

Noun

azá

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

   Synonyms: olókílì, lókílì, kítà

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Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْضَاء‎ (ʾaʿḍāʾ).

Noun

aza c

1. member