әуелі

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic اۋەلى
Cyrillic әуелі
Latin äuelı

Etymology

From Persian اول, from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”). Cognate with Azerbaijani əvvəl, Turkish evvel, etc.

Adverb

әуелі • (äuelı)

  1. first
    Әуелі ойлап, содан кейін іске кіріс.
    Äuelı oilap, sodan keiın ıske kırıs.
    Think first, and then get down to business.
  2. even
    Мақаланы қойып, ол өз атын да жаза алмайды, әуелі.
    Maqalany qoiyp, ol öz atyn da jaza almaidy, äuelı.
    He cannot even write his name, let alone articles.

Synonyms

  • алдымен (aldymen)
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