ازا

Karakhanid

Etymology

Gerundive form of اُوزْماقْ (ōzmāq, “to surpass, outstrip”). Alternatively, it has also been read as uzā and thus has been connected with Proto-Turkic *uŕa- (“to become long”), however the word is written with an o- in languages it survives in.

Adjective

اُزا (ozā)

1. past

   اُزاقیٖ بِلْكا اَنْجا اَيمِشْ ― Ozākï bilge anča aymïš... ― The wise of the past said like that...

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “oza:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 280

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 88
• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 43