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

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

Further reading

• “həncəri” in Obastan.com.