azami

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Japanese

Romanization

azami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あざみ

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اعظم (azam), from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam, “greatest”). The final vowel is a 20th century Turkish addition.

Pronunciation

Adjective

azami

  1. greatest, maximum
    • 1940 August 27, “Odun narhı”, in Vakit:
      Komisyon azasından bazılarının: "Biz azamî fiyat tayin ettik. Vaziyeti biraz da serbest rekabete bıraktık."
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “azami”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اعظم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 143
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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