ezer

== Basque == === Etymology === From Proto-Basque *ezer, composed of *e- (indefinite prefix) +‎ *zer (“what”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: e‧zer === Pronoun === ezer anything, nothing (in negative contexts) Ez dut ezer ikusi. ― I didn't see anything. Ezer nahi baduzu, esan. ― If you want anything, tell me. Ez du ezerk pozten. ― Nothing makes him happy. ==== Usage notes ==== This word is a negative polarity item, occurring in contexts such as negative sentences, questions, and conditional clauses. The only positive statements in which it corresponds to "anything" are mostly conditionals and questions. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “ezer”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “ezer”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Iranian, more specifically possibly from Alanic *ærzæ. Compare Ossetian ӕрзӕ́ (ærzǽ), Persian هزار (hezâr). The Iranian word is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom. The Permic languages have also borrowed this numeral from Indo-Iranian, compare Komi-Zyryan сюрс (śurs) and Udmurt сюрс (śurs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛzɛr] Hyphenation: ezer Rhymes: -ɛr === Numeral === ezer (plural ezrek) thousand Synonym: egyezer ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (Non-institutionalized adjectival compounds with single-element numerals [excerpt]): ezermilliós, ezermilliárdos, ezerbilliós; ezerméteres, ezerkilós, ezergrammos, ezertonnás, ezerliteres; ezerwattos, ezeramperes; ezernapi, ezernapos, ezerhetes, ezerheti, ezeréves, ezerévi; ezeróránként, ezernaponta, ezernaponként, ezerévente, ezerévenként; ezerfokos, ezerfokú, ezerirányú, ezeroldalas, ezeroldalú, ezerkötetes, ezerdimenziós, ezerszázalékos, ezerkerekű, ezerfős, ezerfőnyi, ezernyelvű, ezertagú, ezerelemű, ezerrészes, ezeremeletes, ezerrétegű, ezerszintes, ezerablakos, ezerajtós, ezerüléses, ezerjegyű, ezerpontos, ezerszavas, ezerbetűs, ezersoros; ezerforintos, ezerdolláros, ezereurós; ezerlábú, ezerágú, ezerfejű, ezerkezű, ezerkarú, ezerszemű, ezerfülű, ezerlevelű. ==== Descendants ==== → Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: jezero (“thousand”) → Pannonian Rusyn: (colloquial) езер (ezer) === References === === Further reading === ezer in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. ezer in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).