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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
əvvəl
- at first
- in the past, before, at an earlier time
- Synonyms: qabaq, əvvəllər
Noun
əvvəl
- beginning
Postposition
əvvəl + ablative
- before
- Synonym: qabaq
- Antonym: sonra
- üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəl ― three minutes ago
- (with bundan) ago
- bir neçə il bundan əvvəl ― few years ago
- üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəl ― three minutes ago
Derived terms
Related terms
Khalaj
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
əvvəl
- first
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó