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az

Pronunciation: [ˈɒz]

“az” is a Hungarian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

article

  1. the (for words beginning with a vowel)

pronoun

  1. that

Etymology

The pronoun and determiner senses probably derive from an earlier a + a pronoun-forming suffix -z, where the former element originates from Proto-Uralic *o or *u (“that, that other”). Its cognates include Moksha омба (omba, “other”), омбоце (omboce, “second”), Eastern Mari умбал (umbal, “far, distant”), Udmurt отын (otyn, “there”) and Komi-Zyrian ата (ata, “here”), асы (asy, “look here”). The…

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