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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نرده (nerde, “where, in what place”) (alternatively نرهده (nerede)), locative of Ottoman Turkish نره (nere, “what place, what part”), from نه (ne, “what”) + ارا (ara, “space or place between two things”), equivalent to ne + ara, from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate with Turkmen nirede.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈne.ɾe.de/, (colloquial) /ˈnɛɾ.de/
- Hyphenation: ne‧re‧de
Adverb
nerede
- where, in what place
- Ankara Üniversitesi nerede? ― Where is Ankara University?
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Interjection
nerede
- Used to indicate disappointment and resignation that a thing desired is or was unlikely to happen. Almost exclusively used in colloquial pronunciation.
- Beş yıldızlı otelden kaliteli hizmet bekliyor insan ama nerde! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نرده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2077
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nere”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*nē-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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