əvvəl

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See also: evvel

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic әввәл
Abjad

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, first).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: əv‧vəl

Adverb

əvvəl

  1. at first
  2. in the past, before, at an earlier time
    Synonyms: qabaq, əvvəllər

Noun

əvvəl

  1. beginning

Postposition

əvvəl + ablative

  1. before
    Synonym: qabaq
    Antonym: sonra
    üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəlthree minutes ago
  2. (with bundan) ago
    bir neçə il bundan əvvəlfew years ago
    üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəlthree minutes ago

Derived terms

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic اَوَّل

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, first).

Pronunciation

Adjective

əvvəl

  1. first

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó