PRONUNCIATION FORMS AND REGIONS OF SPREAD OF THE ETHNONYM “AZ”

Abstract

The article examines the sounding forms of the ethnonym Az, which is the root of the words Asia/Asia and Azerbaijan, and the distribution regions in Eurasia. The author refers to many sources, defines the variants of the ethnonym Az with various phonetic changes and the geographical names in which these variants are located, and explains their meaning (etymology), as well as makes the necessary considerations about whether these phonetic changes are justified and gives a number of examples, as well as with the help of historical evidence tries to clarify the general picture of this scientific problem. In the article, it is suggested that the ethnonym Az has phonetic variants such as as, ash, gas/gaz, kas/kaz, haz/khaz/khez, yas, ad/at, ac (in English spelling it sounds roughly like this: adj (but here the vowel a is pronounced like ah, but shortened to be closer to the original sound) in various regions, from the Altai to West Front Asia, from the Middle East to Scandinavia.  And the ethnonym Az, in addition to the geographical names of Azerbaijan and Asia (Aziya), it is noted that it participates in the creation of many geographical names and ethnonyms: Az+er, Az+ari (Az+eri), As+er, As+eri, As+pi+ca = As+pi+ca(n)= As+ baycan=Az+baycan (Azerbaijan), Ar+az+bay+can (Azerbaijan), Ar+az/Ar+as, Az+ık/Az+ıkh, Az+ak (Turkiс)=Az+ov (Russian; means Az's), ashshur/assur=ash/as+shur/sur, ashur/asur=ash/as+ur; adur/atur=ad/at+ur, Adurpatena/Aturpatena, gazakh/gazak=gaz/kaz+akh/ak, Gazan/Kazan=Gaz+an/Kaz+an, Kasakh/Kazakh/Kazak/Kasokh=Kas/Kaz+akh/ak/okh; Cas+pi+ae–Khos+pi+ya (Kas+pi/Kas+bi), Hazar/Khazar/Khezer=Haz/Khaz/Khez+ar/er, Gaf+gaz/Kaf+kaz/Kaf+kas, Yas-Yassi/Yassi /Yasi (yas's; according to Russian sources: "Корень слово Яссы=Яс+сы  – "яс", означает то же самое, что ас/аз" ("The root word Yassy = Yas + sy  –"yas", means the same as as/az"). According to historical information: yas – the name given to the Alan tribe in Old Russian), Az-Oz/Uz [Azerbaijan – Ozarbayjon (in Uzbek)], ac+ar/adj+ar (Acharya- Adjarya) and others...

The author also clarifies the history of Az ethnonym by presenting the concepts created with the participation of Az ethnonym and its phonetic variants against the background of historical events, geographical and other knowledge known to science since ancient times.

From the historical facts included in the research, it is concluded that the ancient, founding and brave people of Az were also pioneers of Asia (Aziya) in the distant past.

As can be seen from the examples presented in the article, the name of the Az people, the oldest founders of Asia (Asia) and Azerbaijan, as a result of historical migrations and displacements, has been subjected to phonetic changes in the presence of other ancient peoples, but managed to preserve a number of important traces. Such research results can create important grounds for a deeper study of ancient historical ties between peoples in the new world and theories of reconciliation and peace in Eurasia (as well as in the World).