nerede
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نرده (nerde, “where, in what place”)[1] (alternatively نرهده (nerede)), locative of Ottoman Turkish نره (nere, “what place, what part”), from نه (ne, “what”) + ارا (ara, “space or place between two things”), equivalent to ne + ara,[2] from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”).[3] Cognate with Turkmen nirede.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nerede
- where, in what place
- Ankara Üniversitesi nerede? ― Where is Ankara University?
Related terms edit
Interjection edit
nerede
- Used to indicate disappointment and resignation that a thing desired is or was unlikely to happen. Almost exclusively used in colloquial pronunciation.
- Beş yıldızlı otelden kaliteli hizmet bekliyor insan ama nerde! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نرده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2077
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nere”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*nē-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading edit
- “nerede”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nerede”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3524
- nerede in Reverso (Turkish-English)