azami
Japanese
Romanization
azami
- Rōmaji transcription of あざみ
Turkish
Alternative forms
- azamî
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اعظم (azam), from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʾaʿẓam, “greatest”). The final vowel is a 20th century Turkish addition.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈzɑ.miː/
- Rhymes: -miː
Adjective
azami
- greatest, maximum
- 1940 August 27, “Odun narhı”, in Vakit:
- Komisyon azasından bazılarının: "Biz azamî fiyat tayin ettik. Vaziyeti biraz da serbest rekabete bıraktık."
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References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “azami”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اعظم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 143
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN