Where does “əlyazı” come from?
əlyazı (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish yazı, from Ottoman Turkish یازی, from Proto-Turkic *yaŕ-ïg, from Proto-Turkic yār-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
əlyazı (Azerbaijani): manuscript
Definitions
- manuscript
Ancestry of “əlyazı”, step by step
əlyazı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish yazı
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | yazı | writing; writing system; accusative singular of... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | یازی | writing, scripture, text, graphism of symbols such as characters or letters that express some meaning |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *yaŕ-ïg | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | yār- | to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |