𐰀𐰕

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, very little”).

Adjective

𐰀𐰕 (az /az/)

  1. few, scanty
    • c. 735 CE, Yollïġ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Bilge Qaɣan Inscription line 32, facing East:
      𐰋𐰃𐰔:𐰔:𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰔:𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔
      b²iz:z:r²t²mz:y¹b¹z:r²t²mz
      /Biz az ärtimiz, yabïz ärtimiz […] /
      We were but a few [people], we were in bad shape.

Adverb

𐰀𐰕 (az /az/)

  1. a little, a few

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to go astray, lose one's way”).

Verb

𐰀𐰕 (az /āz-/)

  1. (intransitive) to go astray, to lose one's way
    1. (figurative, intransitive) to die, perish
      Synonym: 𐰇𐰠 (öl-)
      • c. 8th-9th centuries, Begre Inscription (e-11) line 2/5:[1]
        𐰚𐰇𐰥𐰀𐰖𐰀𐰔𐰑𐰢𐰀
        kün²ay¹azd¹ma
        / […] künä aya azïdïma.[2]/
        In the day and the night I perished [over the loss of my wife and my master.][3]
Derived terms
  • 𐰔𐰆 (zu /⁠azu⁠/, “or, if so”) (conjunction)

References

  1. ^ https://bitig.kz/show_big.php?fn=copies/535.gif
  2. ^ Reading uncertain. May also be read as 'äzidimä.', in which case, would mean "I have toiled myself."
  3. ^ https://bitig.kz/?lang=e&mod=1&tid=2&oid=11&m=1
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:z-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 729
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 727
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “az”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “az-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 307
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