# aza
## English

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### Noun

aza (uncountable)
* (organic chemistry, attributive) A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.
** 2003, Heinrich Zollinger, Color Chemistry‎, →ISBN, page 73:"However, aza N-atoms (~N=) have to be counted, if they replace methine groups in the chain."

#### Derived terms

* aziridine
* diaza
* tetraaza
* triaza

### Anagrams

* zaa

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /as̻a/ [a.s̻a]
* IPA: (most dialects) /as̻a/ [a.s̻a]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /as̺a/ [a.s̺a]
* Rhymes: -as̻a
* Rhymes: -as̻a
* Rhymes: -as̺a
* Hyphenation: a‧za

### Noun

aza inan
* cabbage

#### Derived terms

* azalore (“cauliflower”)

### Further reading

* “aza”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “aza”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese asa (“wing, handle”), from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa (“handle”). Compare the doublet asa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.θa/

### Noun

aza f (plural azas)
* (proscribed) Synonym of á (“wing”)
** 1955, Celso Emilio Ferreiro, O soño sulagado, Akal editor, page 40:e nós, os homes, nunca tivemos azas.and we men never had wings.

#### Related terms

* asa

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

### Noun

aza
* wing

## Japanese
### Romanization

aza
* Rōmaji transcription of あざ

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese asa.

### Noun

aza
* wing

## Northern Kurdish
### Alternative forms

* azad, azat

### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *āzāta-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (āzāta, “noble”), Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾʾzʾd /⁠āzād⁠/), and Parthian 𐭀𐭆𐭀𐭕 (ʾzʾt /⁠āzāt⁠/, “noble”). Akin to Old Armenian ազատ (azat), Georgian აზატი (azaṭi), Iranian borrowings. Ultimately from the past participle of Proto-Iranian *zan- (“to be born”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-, originally meaning “born (into the clan)” and, by extension, “noble” and “free”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːˈzɑː/

### Adjective

aza (comparative azatir, superlative herî aza or azatirîn, Arabic spelling ئازا)
* free, unrestrained, at large
    Synonyms: rizgar, serbest, xelas
    Antonym: bindest
* empty, vacant, free
* brave, bold, courageous
    Synonyms: bizirav, camêr, delîr, zîx
    Antonym: bêxîret

#### Derived terms

* azahî

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aza I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 24
* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aza II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 24

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* haza

### Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ za. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /azaː/
* IPA: (15th CE) /azɒ/

### Particle

aza
* (attested in Lesser Poland) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question
** 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 49, 14:Aza iescz bødø møso bicow, albo krew kozlowø picz bødø (numquid manducabo... aut... potabo)?[Aza jeść będę mięso bykow, albo krew kozłową pić będę (numquid manducabo... aut... potabo)?]

### Conjunction

aza
* (attested in Lesser Poland) in order to
** 1937 [1408], Józef Birkenmajer, editor, Bogarodzica dziewica. Analiza tekstu, treści i formy‎, number B, Krakow:Maria dzewicze, prosmy sinka thwego..., haza nasz hwchowa othe wszego szlego[Maryja dziewice, prośmy synka twego..., haza nas huchowa ote wszego złego]

#### Derived terms

* azaby
* azać
* azaćby

#### Descendants

* Middle Polish: aza

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “aza”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Olukumi
### Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá. Cognates include Igala ábíá, Yoruba ajá, Ao dialect Yoruba azá

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /á.zá/

### Noun

ázá
* dog

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish aza. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ za.

### Pronunciation

* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈa.zɒ/

### Particle

aza
* (MIddle Polish) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question
    Synonym: czy
* (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps

#### Related terms

* azać

### Further reading

* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “aza”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “aza”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aza”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aza, azaż, azali, azaliwiem, aża, ażali, za, zaż, azać, azaż, ażli”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75

## Portuguese
### Noun

aza f (plural azas)
* Obsolete spelling of asa.

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اعضا (aza), from Arabic أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ), plural of عُضْو (ʕuḍw). An originally plural form reinterpreted as singular.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

aza (definite accusative azayı, plural azalar)
* (anatomy) member; members
* member; members, membership (of a council, society, etc.)
    Synonym: üye

#### Related terms

* uzuv (singular)

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá. Cognates include Igala ábíá and Olukumi ázá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.zá/

### Noun

azá
* (Ào) Alternative form of ajá (“dog”)
    Synonyms: olókílì, lókílì, kítà

## Zazaki
### Etymology

From Arabic أَعْضَاء (ʔaʕḍāʔ).

### Noun

aza c
* member