аз

• а́зе (áze), я́зе (jáze), я (ja) — regional
• а́зи (ázi)^[1]
• ес (es) — dialectal
• азъ (az) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ),^[2] from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.^[3][4][5]

• IPA^(key): [as]

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аз • (az) (personal)

1. I; the first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.

   Аз съм по-висо́ка от теб.

   Az sǎm po-visóka ot teb.

   I am taller than you.

   Аз не гово́ря англи́йски.

   Az ne govórja anglíjski.

   I don't speak English.

• “аз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “аз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• за (za), за- (za-)

From *awaz, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آواز. Compare Tatar аваз (awaz).

аз • (az) ?

1. voice

Alternative scripts
Arabic	از
Cyrillic	аз
Latin	az

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.

аз • (az)

1. few, little

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

аз • (az)

1. few
2. a little

• бираз (biraz)

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аз”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

аз • (az) (Arabic spelling از)

1. few
2. a little

Often paired and contrasted with эз (ez, “omen, fate”).
Morphologically it looks like the Mongolic defective verb *a- (“be”) + -з (-z) (ᠵᠠ (ǰa) ) suffix, but the semantics are unclear.

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /at͡s/, [at͡s]

аз • (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))

1. fortune, luck

• аз жаргал (az žargal, “happiness”)

• IPA^(key): [ä́z̠]
• Hyphenation: аз

аз • (az)

1. year

Declension of аз singular plural nominative аз азтӕ genitive азы азты dative азӕн азтӕн allative азмӕ азтӕм ablative азӕй азтӕй inessive азы азты adessive азыл азтыл equative азау азтау comitative азимӕ азтимӕ

• азъ (az) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

• IPA^(key): [as]

From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.

аз • (az) m inan (genitive аза́, nominative plural азы́, genitive plural азо́в)

1. (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а

   Synonym: а (a)

2. (plural only, dated) letters
3. (plural only) basics, fundamentals

• а́збука f (ázbuka), азы́ m pl (azý)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

аз • (az)

1. (archaic, biblical) I (first person singular nominative pronoun)

   Synonym: я (ja)

   аз есмь госпо́дь бог твой ― az jesmʹ gospódʹ bog tvoj ― I am your Lord God

аз • (az) (genitive аза́)

1. (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)

   поми́луй гре́шного аза́ ― pomíluj gréšnovo azá ― forgive this humble sinner

Dari	از
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аз

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az).

• IPA^(key): /az/, [ʔäz]

аз • (az)

1. from, since

аз • (az)

1. a bit, slightly