aza
English
Noun
aza (uncountable)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese asa (“wing, handle”), from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa (“handle”). Compare the doublet asa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.θa/
Noun
aza f (plural azas)
- (proscribed) Synonym of á (“wing”)
- 1955, Celso Emilio Ferreiro, O soño sulagado, Akal editor, page 40:
- e nós, os homes, nunca tivemos azas.
- and we men never had wings.
- e nós, os homes, nunca tivemos azas.
- 1955, Celso Emilio Ferreiro, O soño sulagado, Akal editor, page 40:
Related terms
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *āzāta-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (āzāta, “noble”), Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾʾzʾd /āzād/), and Parthian 𐭀𐭆𐭀𐭕 (ʾzʾt /āzāt/, “noble”). Akin to Old Armenian ազատ (azat), Georgian აზატი (azaṭi), Iranian borrowings.
Ultimately from the past participle of Proto-Iranian *zan- (“to be born”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-, originally meaning “born (into the clan)” and, by extension, “noble” and “free”.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɑːˈzɑː/
Adjective
aza (comparative azatir, superlative herî aza or azatirîn, Arabic spelling ئازا)
Derived terms
- azahî
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “aza I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 24
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “aza II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 24
Old Polish
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Polish: aza
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “aza”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Olukumi
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá. Cognates include Igala ábíá, Yoruba ajá, Ao dialect Yoruba azá
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.zá/
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish aza. By surface analysis, a Univerbation of a + za. First attested in 1400.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.za/
- Rhymes: -aza
- Syllabification: a‧za
Particle
aza
- (obsolete) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question
- Synonym: czy
- (Middle Polish) Expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “aza”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Further reading
- “aza”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “aza”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “aza”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aza, azaż, azali, azaliwiem, aża, ażali, za, zaż, azać, azaż, ażli”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اعضا (aza), from Arabic أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ), plural of عُضْو (ʕuḍw). An originally plural form reinterpreted as singular.
Noun
aza (definite accusative azayı, plural azalar)
Related terms
- uzuv (singular)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “aza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Yoruba
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá. Cognates include Igala ábíá and Olukumi ázá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.zá/