آیاز

See also: ايار, أيار, and اياز

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ayaŕ.[1]

Adjective

آیَازْ • (ayaz)

  1. clear, bright (sky)
  2. freezing (weather)

Noun

آیَازْ • (ayaz)

  1. frost

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: ayaz
  • Gagauz: ayaz, ayoz
  • Ottoman Turkish: آیاز (ayaz)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ayaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “ayaz”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 46

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آیَازْ (ayaz), from Proto-Turkic *ayaŕ (clear sky; frost).

Noun

آیاز • (ayaz) (definite accusative آیازی (ayazı), plural آیازلر (ayazlar))

  1. frost, a weather condition in which the air temperature falls below the freezing point of water, especially outside at night
    Synonyms: سرما (sermâ), طوك (doñ)

Derived terms

  • آی آیازی (ay ayazı, frosty night with a clear moon)
  • آیاز اولمق (ayaz olmak, for a night, to be frosty)
  • آیازده یاتمق (ayazda yatmak, to sleep in the open air)
  • آیازلامق (ayazlamak, to spend the night out in the cold)
  • آیازلانمق (ayazlanmak, to become clear and frosty)
  • آیازلق (ayazlık, special to a frosty night)

Descendants

Further reading