həncəri
Azerbaijani
Alternative forms
- hanjarı, hancarı, hancaru
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قنجارو (qancaru, “where”), from Proto-Turkic *kanča (“when”), derived from Proto-Turkic *ka-. Related to Uzbek qancha, Kyrgyz канча (kanca).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - (Balakan, Gadabay, Goranboy, Ijevan, Qazakh, Sheki, Tovuz) IPA(key): /hænd͡ʒæˈri/
- (Ganja, Qazakh) IPA(key): /hɑnʒɑˈrɯ/
- (Derbent) IPA(key): /hɑnd͡ʒɑˈru/
- (Derbent, Quba) IPA(key): /hɑnd͡ʒɑˈrɯ/
Adverb
həncəri
- (dialectal) synonym of necə (“how?”)
- Həncərisən? ― How are you?
- (dialectal) synonym of hara (“where?”)
See also
Azerbaijani interrogative pro-forms
- what: nə, (dialectal) nəmənə
- who: kim
- which: hansı
- which (in a numbered series): neçənci
- who (by occupation): nəçi
- who (by origin): haralı
- where (which place): hara, hayan, (colloquial) hanı, (dialectal) həncəri
- where (at which place): harada, hayanda
- whither (to which place): hara, haraya, hayana
- whence (from which place): haradan, hayandan
- when: nə vaxt, nə zaman, haçan, (colloquial) havaxt
- why: niyə, nə üçün, neyçün
- how: necə, nətər, nə təhər, (archaic) nə tövr, nə cür, (dialectal) həncəri
- how much: nə qədər
- how many: neçə
Further reading
- “həncəri” in Obastan.com.