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
Ancestry of “azınlık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | az | few, little; a bit, a little; second-person... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آز | little |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | آزْ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | Āŕ | — |