# یازی
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یَازُو (yazu), Proto-Turkic *yạŕ-ïg (“writing, scripture”), a derivation from *yạŕ- (“to write”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yazı.

#### Alternative forms

* یازو (yazu)

#### Noun

یازی • (yazı) (definite accusative یازیی (yazıyı), plural یازیلر (yazılar))
* writing, scripture, text, graphism of symbols such as characters or letters that express some meaning
    Synonyms: خط (hatt), نوشته (nevişte)
* tails, the side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state, but writings or numbers instead

##### Derived terms

* آلن یازیسی (alın yazısı, “the decrees of Providence”)
* ال یازیسی (el yazısı, “handwriting, manuscript”)
* رقعه یازی (rikʼa yazı, “cursive writing”)
* قره یازی (kara yazı, “calamity”, literally “black writing”)
* یازی استادی (yazı ustadı, “writing-master”)
* یازی تخته‌سی (yazı tahtası, “writing board”)
* یازی طاشی (yazı taşı, “slate”)
* یازی ویرمك (yazı vermek, “to contribute (in writing)”)
* یازی یازمق (yazı yazmak, “to write”)
* یازیجی (yazıcı, “writer, clerk, scribe”)
* یازیلو (yazılı, “written, recorded”)
* یوز یازیسی (yüz yazısı, “embellishment on a lady's face”)

##### Related terms

* یازمق (yazmak, “to write”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: yazı

#### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yazı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

#### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “یازو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 864
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yazı2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5263
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یازو”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 501a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یازی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1338
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Scriptura”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 53
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یازو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5542
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یازی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2185

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yazï (“broad, open plain”), perhaps a derivation from the verb *yaz- (“to scatter, disperse”).

#### Noun

یازی • (yazı) (definite accusative یازیی (yazıyı), plural یازیلر (yazılar))
* plain, flatland, grassland, an expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse in a mountainous region
    Synonym: اوا (ova)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: yazı

#### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yazı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 984

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yazı1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5263
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Campus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 140
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یازی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5543
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yazı2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یازی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2185