az

az

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Azerbaijani.

az (not comparable)

1. Eye dialect spelling of as.
   • 1790, Noah Webster, A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, pages 340–341:

     The whole legiſlature likewize acts az a court for the trial of public delinquents.

Abbreviation.

az (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of az. (“azure”).

From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ).

az (uncountable)

1. Name of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.

• Early Cyrillic alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• 'za, ZA, za

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ.

• IPA^(key): [ɑz]

• Audio:

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az

1. few, little

az

1. a bit, a little

• biraz
• az qala (“almost”)

Likely from ay qız.

az

2. An informal way of addressing a girl.

   Az, nə qayırırsan?! ― Hey, what are you doing?!

• ədə!

az

1. you (sg acc.)

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (āz, “few, little, a bit, a little”).

az

1. few, little

• teran, azğana

• aaz

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آزْ (āz), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Compare Azerbaijani az, Turkish az, Crimean Tatar az.

• IPA^(key): /ɑz/

az (comparative taa az, superlative en az)

1. alternative form of aaz

• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 23
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 13

The pronoun and determiner senses probably derive from an earlier a^[1] + a pronoun-forming suffix -z,^[2] where the former element originates from Proto-Uralic *o or *u (“that, that other”).^[3] Its cognates include Moksha омба (omba, “other”), омбоце (omboce, “second”), Eastern Mari умбал (umbal, “far, distant”),^[4][5] Udmurt отын (otyn, “there”)^[6][7] and Komi-Zyrian ата (ata, “here”), асы (asy, “look here”).^[3]

The definite article was created by means of conversion,^[1][2] originally only in the form az, later shortened to a’ before consonants until the early 20th century, when the spelling a was accepted.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒz]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒz

az

2. the (for words beginning with a vowel) [from 13th–14th c.]

   az iskola ― the school

• a (for words beginning with a consonant)

az

2. that [from late 12th c.]

   Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz

   Az ott egy ház. ― That is a house over there.

   Az tetszik nekem a legjobban. ― That is what I like the most. (literally, “That appeals to me the most.”)

The possessive forms of this pronoun are not in use. If necessary, the corresponding possessive forms of olyan (“such [a thing]”) can be used.

az

2. (used before a noun phrase with a definite article, declined in accordance with the noun phrase it applies to) that

   Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz

   Az a ház nagyon szép. ― That house is very beautiful.

   Azzal a dobozzal nem tudok mit kezdeni. ― I cannot do anything with that box.

   Azokban a házakban venezuelaiak laknak. ― In those houses, Venezuelan people are living.

4. (rare, archaic, except in vowel-initial fixed phrases, with zero article) that

   Synonym: (before words starting with a consonant; rare in this function) a

   Coordinate terms: e, ez, eme, emez, ama, amaz, ezen, azon

   az ügyben (equivalent to abban az ügyben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that matter

   az évben (equivalent to abban az évben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that year

   az az évi díjak (with an emphatic second az) ― the fees of that year

Because az (in the first, common usage) takes a definite article (the) and van (“is, to be”) is omitted in "who"/"what" statements, some terms are ambiguous. “Az a ház” can mean both “that house” as a phrase and “That is the house” as a whole sentence. The same ambiguity may arise with ez.

In higher (formal) register, azon may be used instead of the current usage of az, especially to shorten phrases where the suffix or postposition would have to be repeated, e.g. azokról az anyagokról vs. azon anyagokról (“about those materials/substances”) or azok helyett az anyagok helyett vs. azon anyagok helyett (“instead of those materials/substances”). To avoid repetition in a less formal style, though not exactly with the same sense, the determiner olyan (“such”) might be applied: az olyan anyagokról, az olyan anyagok helyett.

• az in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
• (pronoun or determiner): az in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (definite article, referring to its alternative form “a”): az in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (the referred entry on the definite article): (3): a in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

az (with genitive)

1. (dialectal) behind; alternative form of aiz

az (Raguileo spelling)

1. countenance; face; side
2. form; colour; aspect
3. personality; habit
4. kinship

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

From Old High German āȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈaːs/

āȥ n

1. food

• German: Aas (merged with ās)
• Vilamovian: aosa

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈas/, /ˈaːs/

aȥ or āȥ

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of ëȥȥen

• German: aß

āȥ

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of ëȥȥan

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈas]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Sieradz) IPA^(key): [ˈas]
  • (Western Kraków) IPA^(key): [ˈas]
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): [ˈas]
  • (Goral):
    • (Podhale) IPA^(key): [ˈas]

az

1. (Far Masovian, Przasnysz, Western Kraków, Lasovia, Tarnobrzeg County, Nisko County, Połaniec) alternative form of aż
   1. (Sieradz, Wieluń, Radomsko) synonym of niech / aby

az

1. (Sieradz, Wieluń, Radomsko, Podhale, Rabka-Zdrój) alternative form of aż

• Jan Karłowicz (1900), “aż, aże, auż, jaż, jaże”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 24

az m (plural azes)

1. obsolete spelling of ás

• “az”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “az”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

az

1. obsolete form of azi

• az in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Distortion of whase.

az (Cromarty)

1. whose

az (Cromarty)

1. whose

• Am Baile (2009), The Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect‎^[1], Highland Council, page 4

az

1. romanization of 𒊍 (az)

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *ajám. Cognate with Sanskrit अहम् (aham).

az (ergative mı)

1. I

   Az ıştı hamsüəm.

   I am your neighbour.

• Pirejko, L. A. (1976), “az”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20

• IPA^(key): [ɑz]
• Rhymes: -ɑz

From Ottoman Turkish آز (az, “little”), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (az /⁠āz⁠/, “few, little, a bit, a little”), Karakhanid اازْ (āz, “few, scanty”).

az (comparative daha az, superlative en az)

1. few, little

• azlık
• azıcık
• azar azar
• azalmak
• biraz

az

1. a bit, a little

• çok

az

1. second-person singular imperative of azmak

• as

From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā.

• IPA^(key): /az/

az

1. as
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, line 3:

     an, az wee verilie chote,

     and, as we truly believe,

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14:

     az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.

     for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 14-15:

     Mang ourzels——var wee dwytheth an Irelonde az ure generale haime——

     Unto ourselves——for we look on Ireland to be our common country——

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 23-24:

     proo'th, y'at wee alane needeth ye giftes o'generale rights, az be displayte bie ee factes o'thie goveremente.

     proves that we alone stood in need of the enjoyment of common privileges, as is demonstrated by the results of your government.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 10-11:

     az Irishmen, an az dwellerès na cosh an loyale o' Baronie Forthe,

     as Irishmen, and as inhabitants, faithful and loyal, of the Barony Forth,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114