lesson44:
I head it means digits in Igbo language. But in Benin language, it means saving account. . It fair to say, the word was made popular by the Edo’s.

Fairs, the word exist in igbo and bini. I am not after who made it popular.

lesson44:
AZA literally means account in Benin language. I believe the popular used came from there.

Ok

KosiGee:


Contradicting myself?? How?. We learn everyday sir. In the context that it’s being used here, I didn’t think it was Igbo word however, you’ve provided links or sources to back up your claim.

I mentioned that it doesn’t sound Igbo just like ‘Olayinka’ doesn’t sound Igbo but you know that Ola has a meaning in Igbo. Ayodele also doesn’t sound Igbo but if you break it down, you’d get a weird meaning.

I’m not disputing your claim. I’ve never heard any Igbo person refer to piggybank as aza.

Its ok

NaMe4:



Now apply this information you have to a time such as the 10th Century, and make an assessment of which was the original.

The discussion wasnt about original. It's not a dick measuring contest. All I wanted to prove, was that it's an igbo word, and alot of igbos dont even know. In the process, I also learnt it is also a bini word.

2 truths can exist. I am not after the competition about who had it first. The word exist for both binis and igbos

I never heard of this word until now

HNICEARTH:


"And no, aza wasn't borrowed from Igbo. Maybe the Igbo borrowed it from Benin - I don't know and can't make that claim either. "

Obi is a word. Aza is another word. Obiaza is a combination of two words. Wether in your language or any other language. Go ahead and research

You arent sure aza wasnt borrowed from igbo, but you are comfortable with speculating the igbos borrowed it. Just bring a documented evidence and I wont argue with you. Look, all these languages have books written about them that span over 50-100yrs. Just cite one

Research fire. Obi (carrier) wasn't borrowed from the Igbo obi (king or something). The word "obi" does not on its own even have a meaning in Benin - it's shorted from a much longer expression for "the person that carries". It has no royal connotation like the Igbo "obi". So try again. I wasn't even speculating where Igbo got aza from. It may well have come from Bini. Or not. I don't know. What I do know is that aza (treasure or treasure house) is a very old Bini word, as old as antiquity, that is, long before the Igbo and the Bini started borrowing things from each other.

Naa Google go teach you benin language ba...Aza is also a benin word Meaning Account, naa benin guys even make the word go viral and accepted has they today

KosiGee:


Your argument is childish and saying that account number was invented in this modern makes you look silly.

Firstly, like I’ve mentioned before, I’m Igbo but I’ve never heard or seen any of my folks use the word aza to refer to digits, numbers or anything associated with banks/bank account.

Nevertheless, Igbos have been trading and using the banks before you were born and before Nigeria gained independence. Banks have been in existence in Nigeria and patronised even before 1950s and much earlier than that. Are you saying that people who use the banks then wouldn’t have coined a word for bank accounts?

There would’ve been terms for such but I’ve never heard of aza being used in that context. As an Anambra man, I’ve also never met any Anambra man or been to any place that use that word…that’s for all of you saying Igbos are ‘dragists’….but the fact that I’ve never heard or seen anyone use it doesn’t mean there might not be Igbo people or some places who use that. I can’t speak for everyone….it’ll be nice for those providing dictionary translations to also help us by mentioning some parts of Igbo land where this word is popular.

I hear you but saying aza means account number in Igbo is simply out of logic due to the fact than mordern banking (which uses account number) have not been aroound or popular in Nigeria for upto a century
But in Bini it means a place where you save money

AZA is not any Igbo word for bank account or digits

AZA in Igbo simply means answer

I think it's a Gboys slang...But he sound well sha 😁"Send me ur aza"I think it's a Gboys slang...But he sound well sha 😁"Send me ur aza"...

AutomaticMotors:


This boy is a child!! I swear na pikin be this make all of una ignore this OZUOR

guy shut up no dey reason like ozuor wey u dey call person.

Feldie:
bro I'm from Edo, my sister had aza when I was small, way way before this yahoo yahoo talks of sure aza and the rest. It's made with clay and has small horizontal opening where you can slip money into. During Christmas you break it and collect the money. The term for that is called "gba aza a" which means to kill the safe in literal translation from Esan language. Even my grandmother knows what aza is.

no dey follow those thieves and druggie dey argue. People wey done claim say Lagos nah their obi and arusi iyi build am nah him no fit lie say nah then get word again? Nah them even get dictionary

Aza actually mean bank account in Edo language which most Nigerians have turned into a slang today

mightyhaze:
Aza Room

Digit room or Acct room( bulk room), oh just remembered that aza room according to Bubu is bedroom.😄😄😄

ponishah:

It is not an Igbo word!
I am Igbo, the word
" Aza" was first used by guys in Benin to code western union "MTCN" or Western union tracking code used in receiving money wired usually from abroad.
It later added metamorphosed to also include account number, especially account number of picker abroad, which also gave birth to additional slang - aza-man" .

Stop being a bigot with everything.
It is an Edo word , which was also made popular by ake-men - " if you know you know"

at least we still have few honest ibo guys that value truth. U do well bro coz i no understand your people again oh nah everything them come dey drag nowadays

HNICEARTH:


The discussion wasnt about original. It's not a dick measuring contest. All I wanted to prove, was that it's an igbo word, and alot of igbos dont even know. In the process, I also learnt it is also a bini word.

2 truths can exist. I am not after the competition about who had it first. The word exist for both binis and igbos

nah lie bini owns it. Stop thief thief lol

HNICEARTH:
Aza is an igbo word, which means digits or numbers.
Overtime, it was widely adopted in nigeria as a slang for bank account number

Aza actually means store house for cowries (which was the currency in ancient times) in Benin language.

And using it to refer to account numbers started less than 20 years ago, it actually referred to banks.


In other words, softly de lie.

Una no get work this morning

Iykenuwa:


Aza actually means store house for cowries (which was the currency in ancient times) in Benin language.

And using it to refer to account numbers started less than 20 years ago, it actually referred to banks.


In other words, softly de lie.

I no get strength to argue with emotional takes. I do books. Here is an igbo dictionary. Pls provide a documented evidence

dangoteinlaw:
nah lie bini owns it. Stop thief thief lol

No book or documented evidence just empty bringing shouting "thief thief".

When you want to argue, bring documented evidence

Yes....! this's it; aza meaning the place one saves or keeps one's money, that is Bank. it is edo dialect. "i khian aza do re igho" meaning in Uromi dialect (I'm going to bank to collect money)

Indispensable85:



It originated from Benin. Aza is a Benin term for account or a reservoir of money.

JuanDeDios:

Research fire. Obi (carrier) wasn't borrowed from the Igbo obi (king or something). The word "obi" does not on its own even have a meaning in Benin - it's shorted from a much longer expression for "the person that carries". It has no royal connotation like the Igbo "obi". So try again. I wasn't even speculating where Igbo got aza from. It may well have come from Bini. Or not. I don't know. What I do know is that aza (treasure or treasure house) is a very old Bini word, as old as antiquity, that is, long before the Igbo and the Bini started borrowing things from each other.

You know it as a bini word, 100% truth.
Another person knows it as an igbo word. 100% truth.

Just because you only know it as a bini word does not mean the word existing as an igbo word is false.

Rather you will have to excuse your ignorance of the igbo existence. You cant totally wrong the existence of the word in another dialect because of your ignorance. Life dont work that way. Knowledge is universal, and you only know what you know.
I work with documented evidence, and I have provided a lot on this thread. Evidence backed by books dont lie

Where you knowledge stops, that's the beginning for another person

HNICEARTH:


I no get strength to argue with emotional takes. I do books. Here is an igbo dictionary. Pls provide a documented evidence

Thought you said it means number?

You done change am?


Oga the word originated from Benin

Indispensable85:



It originated from Benin. Aza is a Benin term for account or a reservoir of money.

I agree with this.

KosiGee:


I don’t think or believe that aza means account number in Igbo but as for when Igbos started using account umbers or banks You were probably born yesterday and your grandfather was probably born before 1960.
What is wrong with people like you?

Banks came into Nigeria before 1900, this was before Zik, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello, Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu were all born?
Igbos and other ethnic groups were trading and using the banks as at then. Does it mean that someone or some of those active bank customers at the time didn’t have names, words or terms for certain financial/bank operations?

Banking operations didn’t start today mister and you didn’t have to be a graduate or highly literate to use it then.

Do you not have a word for bank in your language

Igbo word for bank is Unoaku. This has been in use before your great grand father was born.

We are talking about Languages and you are talking about recent history as late as 1900.

Upgrade your IQ.

HNICEARTH:


You know it as a bini word, 100% truth.
Another person knows it as an igbo word. 100% truth.

Yes. This is what I was saying. The only issue is (1) Whether the Nigerian aza derives from Igbo or Bini (which I claimed no knowledge of), (2) whether Bini derived its obi from Igbo (which I claimed knowledge of and said IT DIDDN'T, (3) Whether the Igbo obi derived from Bini (which I claimed no knowledge of).

Just because you only know it as a bini word does not mean the word existing as an igbo word is false.

Nowhere did I say this. I didn't even imply it. Your comprehension skills though. Now, you're throwing around words like "ignorance". Must make you feel better.

HNICEARTH:


You know it as a bini word, 100% truth.
Another person knows it as an igbo word. 100% truth.

Just because you only know it as a bini word does not mean the word existing as an igbo word is false.

Rather you will have to excuse your ignorance of the igbo existence. You cant totally wrong the existence of the word in another dialect because of your ignorance. Life dont work that way. Knowledge is universal, and you only know what you know.
I work with documented evidence, and I have provided a lot on this thread. Evidence backed by books dont lie

Where you knowledge stops, that's the beginning for another person

Which documented evidence have you provided?

Let's see the book you have been screenshoting and when it was written

luckydion:
Yes....! this's it; aza meaning the place one saves or keeps one's money, that is Bank. it is edo dialect. "i khian aza do re igho" meaning in Uromi dialect (I'm going to bank to collect money)

Just out of curiosity, what’s the word for money in your language??

Zooposki:


The talk does not even sound Igbo. When did you guys start doing yahoo yahoo? Abeg send me your aza. Does that sentence sound like what an igbo boy would say or a benin boy?

This guy, you never end this buffoonery wey you start since Buhari 2015.

Tribalism never show you shege in an emilokan way?

Yoruba no know whether to join the struggle to claim the word. As "Z' no dey yoruba alphabets.

saddler:


We are talking about Languages and you are talking about recent history as late as 1900.

Upgrade your IQ.

You are so intelligent, you must’ve ironed your brain.

The word Aza may mean digit in Igbo but every digit is not an account number. Wiki or any other dictionary may need to be corrected because it a word that reside in benin people language that describe" Bank" or "reserves" not as describe as number . so if the word is used as conjunction in sentence to describe financial transaction , it means you are referring to the Beni Language as Bank then account in modern day transaction.