FromOld Anatolian Turkishقَاچَانْ(qaçan).[1] Cognate withTurkmenhaçan.
haçan
- (interrogative)when?
- Sizhaçangəlmisiniz? ―Whendid you arrive?
- what:nə,(dialectal)nəmənə
- who:kim
- which:hansı
- which(in a numbered series):neçənci
- who(by occupation):nəçi
- who(by origin):haralı
- where(which place):hara,hayan,(colloquial)hanı,(dialectal)həncəri
- where(at which place):harada,hayanda
- whither(to which place):hara,haraya,hayana
- whence(from which place):haradan,hayandan
- when:nə vaxt,nə zaman,haçan,(colloquial)havaxt
- why:niyə,nə üçün,neyçün
- how:necə,nətər,nə təhər,(archaic)nə tövr,nə cür,(dialectal)həncəri
- how much:nə qədər
- how many:neçə
- ^Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki (1934), “haçan”, inYunus Emre’de Öz Türkçe Kelimeler [Native Turkic words inYunus Emre], volume 4
FromOttoman Turkishهاچان(haçan), from olderقاچان(kaçan), fromOld Anatolian Turkishقَاچَانْ(qaçan).
- IPA(key): [hɑt͡ʃɑn]
- Hyphenation:ha‧çan
haçan(dialectal)
- (interrogative)when?
- Synonyms:ne vakit,ne zaman
- nowthat,since
- Synonym:mademki
- (used interjectionally)howquickly,soquickly,what ashorttime
- Synonym:neçabuk
- haçan gidip geldin ―[it's amazing] how quickly you went [there] and came [back]
FromProto-Turkic*ka-. Cognate withAzerbaijani andTurkishhaçan.
haçan
- (interrogative)when?