merre

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of mely (“which direction? which place?”, interrogative pronoun) +‎ -re (case suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛrːɛ]
  • Hyphenation: mer‧re

Adverb

merre

  1. where? which way? in which direction?
    Merre van kelet? ― Which way is east?
  2. where? (at which place?)
    Synonym: hol?

Usage notes

Merre? is more vague than hol? when asking about a place. Hol can easily imply asking for the exact address (or at least the specific location), while merre will be content finding out the neighborhood, the district, or perhaps even only the direction (in accordance with the first meaning).

Derived terms

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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