necə

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nece"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“interrogative archetype”). Cognate with Turkish nice (“how much/many”), dialectal Turkish nice (“how”).[1] See Bashkir нисек (nisek) for more cognates.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈned͡ʒæ], [ˈned͡zæ]
  • Audio (Baku)(file)

Adverb

necə

  1. (interrogative) how
    Cəbhədə vəziyyət necədir? ― How is the situation at the front?
    Üzünü görək, mama-papa necədir? ― Long time no see, how are your mom and dad?
  2. as
    Necə istəyirsən elə də et. ― Do as you want.

Synonyms

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

References
  1. “nice”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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