niçin
Sentences
Niçin , niçin korkuyorsun?
Why, why are you afraid?
Yahut niçin kendini öldürdü?
Or why did he kill himself?
Niçin çekiniyordu sanki ?
Why was she afraid?
Niçin bu sözlerime gülmüyorsunuz?
Why don't you laugh at my words?
Translations
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈniː.t͡ʃin/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نیچون (niçin), from Old Anatolian Turkish نیچون (näyçün, niçün), a contraction of نه ایچون (nä içün). By surface analysis, ne (“what”) + için (“for”). Cognate with Azerbaijani neyçün.
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