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ne.

what

2 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

pron/nɛ/

  1. what

    Ne istiyorsun?

  2. whatever

    Ne istersen yaparım.

  3. why

    colloquial
    Sen ne geldin buraya şimdi?
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish نه (ne, “what, whatever, how”), from Old Anatolian Turkish نَه (ne, “what”), from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰤𐰀 (n²a /⁠nä⁠/, “what, which”), Karakhanid نا (ne), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ne), Azerbaijani nə, Salar neñ, Bashkir ни (niy), Chuvash мӗн (mĕn) (metathesis < *ne-me), Kazakh не (ne), Khakas ниме (nime), Kyrgyz не (ne), Tatar ни (ni), Turkmen nǟmä, Tuvan чүү (çüü), Uyghur نېمە (nëme), Uzbek nima.

adv/nɛ/

  1. what, how, such

    Ne güzel!
    Ne güzel bir gün!

  2. Used as an intensifier to express surprise, astonishment, together with expressions like be!, ha!.

    Ne osurdun be!
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish نه (ne, “what, whatever, how”), from Old Anatolian Turkish نَه (ne, “what”), from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰤𐰀 (n²a /⁠nä⁠/, “what, which”), Karakhanid نا (ne), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ne), Azerbaijani nə, Salar neñ, Bashkir ни (niy), Chuvash мӗн (mĕn) (metathesis < *ne-me), Kazakh не (ne), Khakas ниме (nime), Kyrgyz не (ne), Tatar ни (ni), Turkmen nǟmä, Tuvan чүү (çüü), Uyghur نېمە (nëme), Uzbek nima.

noun/nɛ/

  1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

conj/nɛ/

  1. neither; nor

    Ne bu ne şu
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish نه (ne, “neither; nor”), from Persian نه (na). Cognate to Old English ne (“not”).

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