𐰔𐰴𐰪𐰀
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, very little”), equivalent to 𐰀𐰕 (āz, “few”) + 𐰴𐰪𐰀 (-qïńa). Cognate with Old Uyghur ’’zxyn’ (azqïńa). Compare also Turkish azıcık (“very few”), diminutive of az (“few”).
Adjective[edit]
𐰔𐰴𐰪𐰀 (azqïńa)
- very few
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E34
- 𐰆𐰞𐰍:𐰃𐰼𐰚𐰤:𐰔𐰶𐰪𐰀:𐰼𐰤:𐱅𐰔𐰯:𐰉𐰺𐰑𐰃
- uluɣ:irkin:azqïńa:erin:tezip:barmïš
- The great irkin, ran away together with very few men.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E34
Alternative forms[edit]
- 𐰔𐰶𐰪𐰀 (azqïńa)
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “azqïńa”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 307
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “azkıña”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 284