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Where does “azınlık” come from?

azınlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish az, from Ottoman Turkish آز, from Old Anatolian Turkish آزْ, from Proto-Turkic Āŕ.

azınlık (Turkish): minority

Definitions

  1. minority

Ancestry of “azınlık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishazfew, little; a bit, a little; second-person...
2Ottoman Turkishآزlittle
3Old Anatolian Turkishآزْ—
4Proto-TurkicĀŕ—
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