aza

aza (uncountable)

1. (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."

• aziridine

• zaa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.θa/

aza f (plural azas)

1. (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.

• asa

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

aza

1. wing

aza

1. Rōmaji transcription of あざ

From Portuguese asa.

aza

1. wing

• azad, azat

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”.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈzɑː/

aza (comparative azatir, superlative herî aza or azatirîn, Arabic spelling ئازا‎)

1. free, unrestrained, at large

   Synonyms: rizgar, serbest, xelas

   Antonym: bindest

2. empty, vacant, free
3. brave, bold, courageous

   Synonyms: bizirav, camêr, delîr, zîx

   Antonym: bêxîret

• azahî

• 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

• haza

Univerbation of a +‎ za. First attested in 1400.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /azaː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /azɒ/

aza

1. interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question

aza

1. in order to

• Middle Polish: aza

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “aza”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /á.zá/

ázá

1. dog

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

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈa.za/

aza

1. (MIddle Polish) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question

   Synonym: czy

2. (Middle Polish) Expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps

• “aza”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
• 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

aza f (plural azas)

1. Obsolete spelling of asa

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

aza (definite accusative azayı, plural azalar)

1. (anatomy) member; members
2. member; members, membership (of a council, society, etc.)

   Synonym: üye

• uzuv (singular)

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ā.zá/

azá

1. (Ào) Alternative form of ajá (“dog”)

   Synonyms: olókílì, lókílì, kítà

From Arabic أَعْضَاء‎ (ʔaʕḍāʔ).

aza c

1. member