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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• (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

1. (dialectal) Synonym of necə (“how?”)

   Həncərisən? ― How are you?

2. (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.