Bulgarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [as]
  • (file)

Pronoun edit

аз (az) (personal)

  1. I; the first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.
    Аз съм по-висо́ка от теб.
    Az sǎm po-visóka ot teb.
    I am taller than you.
    Аз не гово́ря англи́йски.
    Az ne govórja anglíjski.
    I don't speak English.

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  2. ^ Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
  3. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  4. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 100

Anagrams edit

Chechen edit

Etymology edit

From *awaz, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آواز. Compare Tatar аваз (awaz).

Noun edit

аз (az?

  1. voice

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic از
Cyrillic аз
Latin az

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (few, little). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb edit

аз (az)

  1. few, little

Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (few, little). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb edit

аз (az)

  1. few
  2. a little

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аз”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (few, little). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb edit

аз (az) (Arabic spelling از)

  1. few
  2. a little

Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

Often paired and contrasted with эз (ez, omen, fate).
Morphologically it looks like the Mongolic defective verb *a- (be) + (-z) (ᠵᠠ (ǰa) ) suffix, but the semantics are unclear.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

аз (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))

  1. fortune, luck

Derived terms edit

Ossetian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ä́z̠]
  • Hyphenation: аз

Noun edit

аз (az)

  1. year

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.

Noun edit

аз (azm inan (genitive аза́, nominative plural азы́, genitive plural азо́в)

  1. (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а
    Synonym: а (a)
  2. (plural only, dated) letters
  3. (plural only) basics, fundamentals
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronoun edit

аз (az)

  1. (archaic, biblical) I (first person singular nominative pronoun)
    Synonym: я (ja)
    аз есмь госпо́дь бог твойaz jesmʹ gospódʹ bog tvojI am your Lord God

Pronoun edit

аз (az) (genitive аза́)

  1. (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)
    поми́луй гре́шного аза́pomíluj gréšnovo azáforgive this humble sinner
Declension edit

Tajik edit

Dari از
Iranian Persian
Tajik аз

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

аз (az)

  1. from, since

Tatar edit

Adverb edit

аз (az)

  1. a bit, slightly