azami

Japanese

Romanization

azami

1. Rōmaji transcription of あざみ

Turkish

Alternative forms

• azamî

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اعظم (azam), from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam, “greatest”). The final vowel is a 20th century Turkish addition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈzɑ.miː/
• Rhymes: -miː

Adjective

azami

1. greatest, maximum
   • 1940 August 27, “Odun narhı”, in Vakit:

     Komisyon azasından bazılarının: "Biz azamî fiyat tayin ettik. Vaziyeti biraz da serbest rekabete bıraktık."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “azami”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اعظم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 143
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN