haradan
Azerbaijani
Alternative forms
- hardan
Etymology
From ablative singular of hara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɑr(ɑ)dan]
Audio: (file)
Adverb
haradan
- whence, from what place
- Synonym: hayandan
- Hardan gəlirsən? ― Where are you coming from? Where are you heading from?
- how (as in 'how do/did you know?')
- Hardan bildin mən kiməm? ― How did you know who I was?
Usage notes
- Despite haradan meaning 'from where', the usual way to ask someone where they originally are from is by using haralı, literally 'belonging to which place?'.
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