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
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  • (Balakən, Gədəbəy, Goranboy, Karvansaray, Qazax, Şəki, Tovuz) IPA(key): /hænd͡ʒæˈri/
  • (Gəncə, Qazax) IPA(key): /hɑnʒɑˈrɯ/
  • (Dərbənd) IPA(key): /hɑnd͡ʒɑˈru/
  • (Dərbənd, Quba) IPA(key): /hɑnd͡ʒɑˈrɯ/

Adverb

həncəri

  1. (dialectal) Synonym of necə (“how?”)
    Həncərisən? ― How are you?
  2. (dialectal) Synonym of hara (“where?”)

See also
Azerbaijani interrogative pro-forms
English Azerbaijani
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

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