аҙыу

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ- (“to lose one's way, go astray; go mad; miss a target”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (āz-, “to go astray, to lose one's way”), Karakhanid اازْماقْ (āzmāq, “to lose one's way”); Turkmen āzmak (“to go astray”), Turkish azmak (“go astray, be horny”), Chuvash урма (urma, “to lose mind, go mad”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑð-/ (verb stem)

Verb

аҙыу • (aźıw)

1. (moral) to wander from the morally good way of life; to stray, to err
   1. to indulge in debauchery
   2. (sex) to engage in a sexual perversity
2. to degenerate, to degrade (of biological species)
3. (of a person's way of life) to go downhill, hit the skids
4. to get spoiled (of a child)
5. to get worse, aggravate (of a medical condition, wound, etc.)