нисә

Bashkir

Etymology

From *nečä "how many", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (what) + quantitative affix *-ča/-čä.

Cognate with Tatar ничә (niçä), Kazakh неше (neşe), Kyrgyz нече (neçe), Uzbek necha, Uyghur نەچچە (nechche), Turkmen näçe, Azerbaijani neçə, Khakas нинӌе (nince), Tuvan чеже (čäžä, how many).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnʲi.sæ]
  • Hyphenation: ни‧сә

Determiner

нисә (nisä)

  1. (interrogative) how many
    Нисә баш һыйыр аҫрайһығыҙ?
    Nisä baš hïyïr aθrayhïğïð?
    How many cows do you keep?

Derived terms

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