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Az
Meaning:
the Az, a tribe of the Sayan–Altai region
The tribe’s original language and ethnic affiliation are uncertain. Proposed connections include the Yenisei Kyrgyz, the Türgeş and Yeniseian-speaking groups. Similarities with later clan names do not by themselves establish direct descent.
Examples
Translations
German:
die Az, ein Stamm des Sajan-Altai-Gebiets
Russian:
азы, племя Саяно-Алтая
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
Azlar, Sayan–Altay bölgəsinin qədim tayfası
Turkish (Türkiye):
Azlar, Sayan-Altay bölgesinin eski bir boyu
Bibliography 2
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Talat Tekin (1994) Tunyukuk Yazıtıp. 54, glossary entry Az (PDF p. 62)p. 54, glossary entry Az (PDF p. 62)
Az etnik ad
çölgi a. äri 23
a. yir y[olı] 24 -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishpp. 276b–277a, a:z Preliminary note (entire introductory note)pp. 276b–277a, a:z Preliminary note (entire introductory note)
a:z Preliminary note There are three different words in the early texts: (1) a:z ‘few’; (2) a:z ‘lust’, a Middle Iranian l.-w.; (3) Az the name of a tribe, which occurs only in Türkü, and has not always been recognized. The passages in which it occurs are I E 20, II E 17; I E 38; I N 2, 3; T 23, 24; in I N 5, 8 the name of one of Kül Tegin’s horses is Az yağızı: ‘the bay horse (taken) from the Az’.
