aza-

Derived from shortening the word azote (“nitrogen”).

aza-

1. (organic chemistry) Used to form names of organic compounds where a carbon atom is replaced by a nitrogen atom.

Sometimes a number between hyphens is inserted before it to denote which atom the nitrogen atom replaces.

• (heterocyclic element): fluora-, chlora-, broma-, ioda-, thia-, selena-, tellura-, aza-, phospha-, arsa-, stiba-, bisma-, sila-, germa-, stanna-, plumba-, bora-, mercura-

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• Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• zaa

aza-

1. Combining form of azééʼ (“mouth”).

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 140.