Bashkir

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Etymology

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нисә (nisə, how many) +‎ -нсе (-nse, particle forming ordinal numbers).

Cognate with Tatar ничәнче (niçänçe), Kazakh нешенші (neşenşı), Uzbek nechanchi, Uyghur نەچچىنچى (nechchinchi, which in number), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnʲe.sæn.sɪ̞]
  • Hyphenation: ни‧сән‧се

Determiner

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нисәнсе (nisənse)

  1. (interrogative) which in number (the question word for ordinal numbers); how manyth
    Нисәнсе йылда мәктәпте тамамланығыҙ?
    Nisənse yılda məktəpte tamamlanığıź?
    In which year did you finish (high) school?

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