where

(Îngilîzî)

Adv

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) In, at or to what place.
2. (not-comparable) In what situation.
3. (not-comparable) In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
4. (not-comparable) In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
5. (not-comparable, relative) In, at or to which.
6. (not-comparable) The place in, at or to which.
7. (informal, not-comparable) A situation or case in which.
8. (not-comparable) In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

Conj

1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.
2. (informal) That.

Pron

What place.

Noun

The place in which something happens.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

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Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: wher

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: hwǣr

In summary

From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).

Têgeh

cihê

ku

kû

li ku derê

کوێ

Hevwate

whither

which

when

there

whereabouts

what place

whence

what

place

which way

location

where to

where ... to

wherein

anywhere

whereabout

how

somewhere

who

which place

wherefrom

from

from where

wherever

in which place

that

nowhere

in

marks what

who type question

where is

ad loc.

from the time

a

🅰️

where at

after

at what

direction

haunt

inside

instead of

into

lit

over there

position

rather

room

since

than

thereafter

Hevok

Where do you come from ?

Tu ji ku tê?

Where is your father ?

Bavê te li ku ye?

Where did they come from ?

Ew ji ku hatin?

Where did it come from then ?

Wê demê ew ji ku hat?

Where did you say this man worked ?

Tu li ku yî ev zilam xebitî?

He attended the Art Center College of Design where he received his education .

Ew beşdarî Koleja Navenda Hunerê ya Sêwiranê ku xwendina xwe stend.