آیاز

See also: ايار, أيار, and اياز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ayaŕ (“clear sky; frost”).

Noun

آیاز • (ayaz)

1. frost on a clear night

Descendants

• Gagauz: ayaz, ayoz
• Turkish: ayaz
• → Armenian: այազ (ayaz)
• → Greek: αγιάζι (agiázi)
• → Laz: აჲაზი (ayazi)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آیاز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 42
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیاز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 283