az

See also: Appendix:Variations of "az"

Translingual

Symbol

az

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Azerbaijani.

English

Etymology 1

Adverb

az (not comparable)

1. Eye dialect spelling of as.
   • 1790, Noah Webster, A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, pages 340–341:

     The whole legiſlature likewize acts az a court for the trial of public delinquents.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

az (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of az. (“azure”)

Etymology 3

From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ).

Noun

az (uncountable)

1. Name of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.

Translations

name of the letter a in the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets

• Belarusian: аз m (az)
• Bulgarian: аз (bg) (az)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: азъ m (azŭ)

  Glagolitic: ⰰⰸⱏ m (azŭ)

• Russian: аз (ru) m (az)
• Ukrainian: аз (uk) m (az)

Further reading

• Early Cyrillic alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'za, ZA, za

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		аз
Abjad		آز

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑz]

• Audio:

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Adjective

az

1. few, little

Adverb

az

1. a bit, a little

Derived terms

• biraz
• az qala (“almost”)

Etymology 2

Likely from ay qız.

Interjection

az

2. An informal way of addressing a girl.

   Az, nə qayırırsan?! ― Hey, what are you doing?!

See also

• ədə!

Breton

Pronoun

az

1. you (sg acc.)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (āz, “few, little, a bit, a little”).

Adjective

az

1. few, little

Synonyms

• teran, azğana

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (az), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Cognate to Turkish az, Azerbaijani az

Gagauz

Alternative forms

• aaz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آزْ (āz), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Compare Azerbaijani az, Turkish az, Crimean Tatar az.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑz/

Adjective

az (comparative taa az, superlative en az)

1. Alternative form of aaz

References

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 23
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 13

Hungarian

Etymology

The pronoun and determiner senses probably derive from an earlier a + a pronoun-forming suffix -z, where the former element originates from Proto-Uralic *o or *u (“that, that other”). Its cognates include Moksha омба (omba, “other”), омбоце (omboće, “second”), Eastern Mari умбал (umbal, “far, distant”), Udmurt отын (otyn, “there”) and Komi-Zyrian ата (ata, “here”), асы (asy, “look here”).

The definite article was created by means of conversion, originally only in the form az, later shortened to a’ before consonants until the early 20th century, when the spelling a was accepted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒz]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒz

Article

az

2. the (for words beginning with a vowel) [from 13th–14th c.]

   az iskola ― the school

Derived terms

• a (for words beginning with a consonant)

Pronoun

ed  Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question		this	that	same	every-/all	no-	relative	some	any	else
		e/i-	a/o-	ugyan	mind(en)-	se(m/n)-	a- + qu.	vala	akár bár	más
who	ki	ő		u	mindenki	senki	aki	v	a b	m
what	mi	ez	az	u u	minden	semmi	ami / amely	v	a b	m
which	melyik				mindegyik mind	semelyik egyik sem	amelyik	v	a b	m
how	hogy(an) miként	így	úgy	u u	mindenhogy mindenhogyan	sehogy(an) semmiképpen	(a)mint ahogy(an)	v v	a b a b	m/m m/m
what…like what kind	milyen miféle	ilyen efféle	olyan afféle	u u	mindenféle	semmilyen semmiféle	amilyen	v v	a b a b	m m/m
where	hol	itt	ott	u u	mindenhol mindenütt	sehol	ahol	v	a b	m m
from wh.	honnan	innen	onnan	u u	mindenhonnan	sehonnan	ahonnan	v	a b	m
to where	hova hová	ide	oda	u u	mindenhova mindenhová	sehova sehová	ahova ahová	v v	a b a b	m m
from which way	merről	erről	arról	u u	mindenfelől	semerről	amerről	v	a b	m
which way	merre merrefelé	erre errefelé	arra arrafelé	u u	mindenfelé	semerre	amerre	v	a b	m
why	miért	ezért	azért	u u	mindenért	semmiért	amiért	v	a b	m
how many	hány	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	sehány	ahány	v	a b	–
how much	mennyi					semennyi	amennyi	v	a b
wh. extent	mennyire	ennyire	annyira	u u	(teljesen)	semennyire	amennyire	v	a b	–
what size	mekkora	ekkora	akkora	u u	(az egész)	semekkora	amekkora	v	a b	–
what time	mikor	ekkor	akkor	u u	mindig	soha/sose(m) sohase(m)	amikor	v	a b	m
how long how far	meddig	eddig	addig	u u	(végig)*	semeddig	ameddig	v	a b	–
*: Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words.

az

2. that [from late 12th c.]

   Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz

   Az ott egy ház. ― That is a house over there.

   Az tetszik nekem a legjobban. ― That is what I like the most. (literally, “That appeals to me the most.”)

Declension

Inflection of az
	singular	plural
nominative	az	azok
accusative	azt	azokat
dative	annak	azoknak
instrumental	azzal	azokkal
causal-final	azért	azokért
translative	azzá	azokká
terminative	addig	azokig
essive-formal	akként	azokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	abban	azokban
superessive	azon	azokon
adessive	annál	azoknál
illative	abba	azokba
sublative	arra	azokra
allative	ahhoz	azokhoz
elative	abból	azokból
delative	arról	azokról
ablative	attól	azoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	azé	azoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	azéi	azokéi

The possessive forms of this pronoun are not in use. If necessary, the corresponding possessive forms of olyan (“such [a thing]”) can be used.

Derived terms

• abbeli/abbéli
• afféle
• ahogy
• ahogyan
• ahol
• ahonnan
• aki
• ameddig
• amekkora
• amellett
• amely
• amelyik
• amerre
• ami
• amiatt
• amilyen
• amióta
• anélkül
• annyi
• azalatt
• azáltal
• azelőtt
• azé
• aznap
• azóta
• aztán
• azután
• mindaz
• ugyanaz

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)*
case							v. pr.	c.
nom.	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
acc.	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c1 c2
dat.	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	c
ins.	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		c
c-f.	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	c
tra.	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	c
ter.	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	c
e-f.	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	c
e-m.	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	c
ine.	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	c
sup.	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	c
ade.	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	c
ill.	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	c
sub.	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	c
all.	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	c
el.	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	c
del.	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	c
abl.	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Determiner

az

2. (used before a noun phrase with a definite article, declined in accordance with the noun phrase it applies to) that

   Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz

   Az a ház nagyon szép. ― That house is very beautiful.

   Azzal a dobozzal nem tudok mit kezdeni. ― I cannot do anything with that box.

   Azokban a házakban venezuelaiak laknak. ― In those houses, Venezuelan people are living.

4. (rare, archaic, except in vowel-initial fixed phrases, with zero article) that

   Synonym: (before words starting with a consonant; rare in this function) a

   Coordinate terms: e, ez, eme, emez, ama, amaz, ezen, azon

   az ügyben (equivalent to abban az ügyben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that matter

   az évben (equivalent to abban az évben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that year

   az az évi díjak (with an emphatic second az) ― the fees of that year

Usage notes

Because az (in the first, common usage) takes a definite article (the) and van (“is, to be”) is omitted in "who"/"what" statements, some terms are ambiguous. “Az a ház” can mean both “that house” as a phrase and “That is the house” as a whole sentence. The same ambiguity may arise with ez.

Declension

Inflection of az
	singular	plural
nominative	az	azok
accusative	azt	azokat
dative	annak	azoknak
instrumental	azzal	azokkal
causal-final	azért	azokért
translative	azzá	azokká
terminative	addig	azokig
essive-formal	akként	azokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	abban	azokban
superessive	azon	azokon
adessive	annál	azoknál
illative	abba	azokba
sublative	arra	azokra
allative	ahhoz	azokhoz
elative	abból	azokból
delative	arról	azokról
ablative	attól	azoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	azé	azoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	azéi	azokéi

Further reading

• az in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
• (pronoun or determiner): az in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (definite article, referring to its alternative form “a”): az in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (the referred entry on the definite article): (3): a in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latvian

Preposition

az (with genitive)

1. (dialectal) behind; alternative form of aiz

Mapudungun

Noun

az (Raguileo spelling)

1. countenance; face; side
2. form; colour; aspect
3. personality; habit
4. kinship

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Portuguese

Noun

az m (plural azes)

1. Obsolete spelling of ás.

Romanian

Adverb

az

1. Obsolete form of azi.

References

• az in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Scots

Etymology

Distortion of whase.

Determiner

az (Cromarty)

1. whose

Pronoun

az (Cromarty)

1. whose

References

• Am Baile (2009) The Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect‎^[1], Highland Council, page 4

Sumerian

Romanization

az

1. Romanization of 𒊍 (az)

Talysh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *ajám. Cognate with Sanskrit अहम् (aham).

Pronoun

az (ergative mı)

1. I

   Az ıştı hamsüəm.

   I am your neighbour.

References

• Pirejko, L. A. (1976) “az”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑz]
• Rhymes: -ɑz

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آز (az, “little”), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (az /⁠āz⁠/, “few, little, a bit, a little”), Karakhanid اازْ (āz, “few, scanty”).

Determiner

az (comparative daha az, superlative en az)

1. few, little

Declension

predicative forms of az

present tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I am)	azım	az mıyım?	az değilim	az değil miyim?
sen (you are)	azsın	az mısın?	az değilsin	az değil misin?
o (he/she/it is)	az / azdır	az mı?	az değil	az değil mi?
biz (we are)	azız	az mıyız?	az değiliz	az değil miyiz?
siz (you are)	azsınız	az mısınız?	az değilsiniz	az değil misiniz?
onlar (they are)	az(lar)	az(lar) mı?	az değil(ler)	az değiller mi?
past tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	azdım	az mıydım?	az değildim	az değil miydim?
sen (you were)	azdın	az mıydın?	az değildin	az değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	azdı	az mıydı?	az değildi	az değil miydi?
biz (we were)	azdık	az mıydık?	az değildik	az değil miydik?
siz (you were)	azdınız	az mıydınız?	az değildiniz	az değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	azdılar	az mıydılar?	az değildi(ler) / değillerdi	az değil miydiler?
indirect past
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	azmışım	az mıymışım?	az değilmişim	az değil miymişim?
sen (you were)	azmışsın	az mıymışsın?	az değilmişsin	az değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	azmış	az mıymış?	az değilmiş	az değil miymiş?
biz (we were)	azmışız	az mıymışız?	az değilmişiz	az değil miymişiz?
siz (you were)	azmışsınız	az mıymışsınız?	az değilmişsiniz	az değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	azmışlar	az mıymışlar?	az değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş	az değil miymişler?
conditional
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (if I)	azsam	az mıysam?	az değilsem	az değil miysem?
sen (if you)	azsan	az mıysan?	az değilsen	az değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	azsa	az mıysa?	az değilse	az değil miyse?
biz (if we)	azsak	az mıysak?	az değilsek	az değil miysek?
siz (if you)	azsanız	az mıysanız?	az değilseniz	az değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	azsalar	az mıysalar?	az değilseler / değillerse	az değil miyseler?

Related terms

• azlık
• azıcık
• azar azar
• azalmak
• biraz

Adverb

az

1. a bit, a little

Antonyms

• çok

Etymology 2

Verb

az

1. second-person singular imperative of azmak

Yola

Alternative forms

• as

Etymology

From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːz/

Conjunction

az

1. as
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, line 3:

     an, az wee verilie chote,

     and, as we truly believe,

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14:

     az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.

     for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 14-15:

     Mang ourzels——var wee dwytheth an Irelonde az ure generale haime——

     Unto ourselves——for we look on Ireland to be our common country——

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 23-24:

     proo'th, y'at wee alane needeth ye giftes o'generale rights, az be displayte bie ee factes o'thie goveremente.

     proves that we alone stood in need of the enjoyment of common privileges, as is demonstrated by the results of your government.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 10-11:

     az Irishmen, an az dwellerès na cosh an loyale o' Baronie Forthe,

     as Irishmen, and as inhabitants, faithful and loyal, of the Barony Forth,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114