аз

• а́зе (áze), я́зе (jáze), я (ja) — regional
• а́зи (ázi)^[1]
• ес (es) — dialectal
• азъ (az) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ),^[2] from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.^[3][4][5]

• IPA^(key): [as]

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аз • (az) (personal)

1. I; the first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.

   Аз съм по-висо́ка от теб.

   Az sǎm po-visóka ot teb.

   I am taller than you.

   Аз не гово́ря англи́йски.

   Az ne govórja anglíjski.

   I don't speak English.

• “аз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “аз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• за (za), за- (za-)

From *awaz, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آواز. Compare Tatar аваз (awaz).

аз • (az) class ?

1. voice

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.

аз • (az)

1. few, little

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

аз • (az)

1. few
2. a little

• бираз (biraz)

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аз”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

аз • (az) (Arabic spelling از)

1. few
2. a little

Often paired and contrasted with эз (ez, “omen, fate”).
Morphologically it looks like the Mongolic defective verb *a- (“be”) + -з (-z) (ᠵᠠ (ǰa) ) suffix, but the semantics are unclear.

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /at͡s/, [at͡s]

аз • (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))

1. fortune, luck

• аз жаргал (az žargal, “happiness”)

• IPA^(key): [ä́z̠]
• Hyphenation: аз

аз • (az)

1. year

• азъ (az) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

• IPA^(key): [as]

From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.

аз • (az) m inan (genitive аза́, nominative plural азы́, genitive plural азо́в)

1. (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а

   Synonym: а (a)

2. (plural only, dated) letters
3. (plural only) basics, fundamentals

• а́збука f (ázbuka), азы́ m pl (azý)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

аз • (az)

1. (archaic, biblical) I (first person singular nominative pronoun)

   Synonym: я (ja)

   аз есмь госпо́дь бог твой ― az jesmʹ gospódʹ bog tvoj ― I am your Lord God

аз • (az) (genitive аза́)

1. (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)

   поми́луй гре́шного аза́ ― pomíluj gréšnovo azá ― forgive this humble sinner

Inherited from Classical Persian اَز (az).

• IPA^(key): /az/, [ʔäz]

аз • (az) (Persian spelling از)

1. from, since

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Cognate to Bashkir әҙ (əź), etc.

аз • (az)

1. a bit, slightly

Related to Sogdian 𐼰𐼵𐼴 (ʾzw), Sogdian 𐫀𐫉𐫇 (ʾzw), Sogdian ܙܘ (zw); Ossetian ӕз (æz).

аз (az) (obsolete)

1. I