یازی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یَازُو (yazu), Proto-Turkic *yaŕ-ïg (writing, scripture), a derivation from *yaŕ- (to write).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani yazı.

Alternative forms

Noun

یازی • (yazı) (definite accusative یازیی (yazıyı), plural یازیلر (yazılar))

  1. writing, scripture, text, graphism of symbols such as characters or letters that express some meaning
    Synonyms: خط (hatt), سواد (sevâd), نوشته (nevişte)
  2. 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 دیزمك (yazı dizmek, to compose)
  • 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)
Descendants
  • Turkish: yazı

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yazı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yazï (broad, open plain),[1] perhaps a derivation from the verb *yaz- (to scatter, disperse).

Noun

یازی • (yazı) (definite accusative یازیی (yazıyı), plural یازیلر (yazılar))

  1. 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

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yazı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 984

Further reading