𐰔𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *aŕu. Cognate with Tuvan азы (azı).

Conjunction

𐰔𐰆 (azu)

1. or
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, N7-8

     𐰔𐰆:𐰉𐰆:𐰽𐰉𐰢𐰑𐰀:𐰃𐰏𐰓:𐰉𐰺:𐰍𐰆

     azu:sabïmda:igid:bar:ɣu

     ...or is there a lie in my word?

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “azu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 307
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “azu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 280
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*aŕu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill