az çok

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آز چوق (az çoḳ),[1][2] from آز (az) and چوق (çoḳ),[3][4] equivalent to az (“little, few”) +‎ çok (“much, many”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaz.t͡ʃok/
  • Hyphenation: az‧çok

Adverb

az çok

  1. Not too little or few, somewhat, to a degree.
    Synonyms: az buçuk, biraz
  2. fairly, quite, rather

Derived terms
  • az çok dememek
  • az veren candan, çok veren maldan
  • aza çoğa bakmamak

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آز چوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 77
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آز چوق”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 31
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “az”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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