нисә

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *nēče (“how many”), from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”) + quantitative affix *-ča/-čä.

Cognate to Karakhanid ناجا (nēčē, “how many”), Ottoman Turkish نیچه (niçe, “how many”); Tatar ничә (niçä), Kazakh неше (neşe), Kumyk нече (neçe), Kyrgyz нече (nece), Uzbek necha, Uyghur نەچچە (nechche), Turkmen näçe, Azerbaijani neçə, Turkish nice, Khakas нинӌе (nince), Tuvan чеже (çeje, “how many”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲe.sæ]
• Hyphenation: ни‧сә

Determiner

нисә • (nisə)

1. (interrogative) how many

   Нисә баш һыйыр аҫрайһығыҙ?

   Nisə baş hıyır aśrayhığıź?

   How many cows do you keep?

Derived terms

• бер нисә (ber nisə, “several, a few”)
• сәғәт нисә (səğət nisə, “what time is it?”)