𐰀𐰕

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, very little”). Cognate with Karakhanid اازْ‎ (āz, “scanty”) Turkish az (“few, little”), Turkmen āz (“few, little”).

Alternative forms

  • (Orkhon) 𐰔‎ (az)

Adjective

𐰀𐰕 (āz)

  1. few, scanty

Adverb

𐰀𐰕 (āz)

  1. a little

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to go astray, lose one's way”). Cognate with Karakhanid اازْماقْ‎ (āzmāq, “to lose one's way”), Chuvash урма (urma, “to lose mind, go mad”), Turkmen āzmak (“to go astray”), Turkish azmak (“to go astray, be horny”).

Verb

𐰀𐰕 (āz-)

  1. to go astray
  2. to lose one's way

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “a:z & a:z-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 727&729
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Āŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*āŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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