Chagatai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *nēče (how many). Cognate with Turkmen näçe, Tatar ничә (niçä), Kazakh неше (neşe), Kumyk нече (neçe), Kyrgyz нече (nece), Azerbaijani neçə, Turkish nice, Khakas нинӌе (nince), Tuvan чеже (çeje).

Adjective

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نچە (neçä)

  1. several
    • 15th century, Ali-Shir Nava'i, تأریخ انبیاء و حکماء [tä'rīx-i änbiyā' wa hukämā', History of the Prophets and Sages]:
      اول مدت دقیانوس جهنمگا باریب، نچە پادشاهلار گردیش بولوب، بر خداپرست عابد پادشاهغا سلطنت یتکاندا، اصحاب کهف تنگری تعالی امری بلە اویغانمیشلار.
      ul muddät däqyānūs jähännämgä barïb, neçä pādişāhlar gärdiş bolub, bir xudā-päräst ābid pādişāhǧa sältänät yätkändä, äshāb-i kähf täŋri tä'ālā ämri billä oyǧanmïşlar.
      During that time, Decius went to hell. Several kings succeeded him, and when the throne came to a God-worshipping king, by God’s command the Companions of the Cave awoke.

Derived terms

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Determiner

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نچە (neçä)

  1. (interrogative) how much
    Synonym: قانچە (qança)
  2. (interrogative) how many

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Uzbek: necha
  • Uyghur: نەچچە (nechche)

References

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  • Schluessel, Eric (2015) “how many”, in Digital glossary of Eastern Turki[1]