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nerede

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nerede

  1. inflection of nerian:
    1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive

Turkish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈne.ɾe.de/, (colloquial) /ˈnɛɾ.de/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧re‧de
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Adverb

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nerede

  1. where, in what place
    Ankara Üniversitesi nerede? ― Where is Ankara University?
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Interjection

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nerede

  1. 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

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نرده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2077
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nere”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ 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

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