𐰀𐰕

𐰀𐰕

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, very little”). Cognate with Karakhanid اازْ‎ (āz, “scanty”), Turkish az (“few, little”), Turkmen āz (“few, little”), Bashkir әҙ (äð, “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”), Bashkir аҙыу (aðıw, “to lead immoral life, degenerate”).

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