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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قُنكشٖی (qoñşi),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kon- (“neighbour; friend; guest”), whence also Azerbaijani qonaq (“guest”). Compare Turkish komşu, Uzbek qoʻshni, Turkmen goňşy, Kyrgyz кошуна (koşuna, “guest”), Kumyk хоншу (xonşu).
Pronunciation
Noun
qonşu (definite accusative qonşunu, plural qonşular)
- neighbour
- qapı qonşusu, qapıbir qonşusu ― nextdoor neighbour
2010, 14 April, Əli İldırımoğlu, “Daş yağan gün”, in 525-ci qəzet, page 6:Zərişi əvvəlcə qapıbir qonşusu olan Bayram adlı oğlan istəyirmiş.- At first, the next-door neighbor, a boy named Bayram, wanted to marry Zarish.
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Adjective
qonşu (comparative daha qonşu, superlative ən qonşu)
- neighboring, neighbour
- qonşu ölkə ― neighboring country
References
- ^ Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki (1934) “qonşu”, in Yunus Emre’de Öz Türkçe Kelimeler [Native Turkic words in Yunus Emre], volume 4
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