-kən

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ken"

Azerbaijani

Suffix

-kən

  1. while, when, during
    • 1927, Qurban Səid, Əli və Nino:
      Bax, bu körpünü Makedoniyalı İsgəndər İrana gedərkən tikdirmişdir.
      Look, Alexander of Macedon built this bridge while heading to Iran
    • 2009 October, “BMT doğuş zamanı ölümlərə qarşı tədbir istəyir [UN wants measures against deaths during childbirth]”, in BBC Azeri.com‎:
      Hər dəqiqə bir qadın hamilə olarkən və ya uşaq doğarkən vəfat edir.
      Every minute one woman dies during pregnancy or when giving birth to a child
    • 2014 July, “Dəhşət: 700 milyon qız uşaqkən ərə verilib [Fearsome: 700 million girls married off while children]”, in Oxu.az‎:
      Kemeron qızların uşaqkən ərə verilməsini qadağan etməyə çağırıb.
      Cameron urged to forbid marrying off girls while children

Usage notes

  • Lacks morphophonemic variant for stems with back vowels. May be attached both to subject participles (-miş (past), -ər (future indefinite), -əcək (future definite)) and nouns.

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