əvvəl

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic әввәл
Abjad

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [æˈvːæl]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: əv‧vəl

Adverb[edit]

əvvəl

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

Noun[edit]

əvvəl

  1. beginning

Postposition[edit]

əvvəl + ablative

  1. before
    Synonym: qabaq
    Antonym: sonra
    üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəl ― three minutes ago
  2. (with bundan) ago
    bir neçə il bundan əvvəl ― few years ago
    üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəl ― three minutes ago

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Khalaj[edit]

Perso-Arabic اَوَّل

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [ævvæl]

Adjective[edit]

əvvəl

  1. first

References[edit]

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