hansı

See also: Hansi

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һансы
Abjad		هانسی

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish hangi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑnˈsɯ]

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Determiner

hansı

1. (interrogative) which

   Hansı saatda...?

   At what time... ?

   (literally, “In which hour...?”)

2. (relative) which

   Əlifbamız, hansı ki türk əlifbasına yaxın idi, dəyişildi.

   Our alphabet, which was close to the Turkish alphabet, was changed.

3. whichever, whatever

   Hansı padşahla dava eləsəm, onun torpağını torba ilə daşımağa gücüm çatar

   Whichever king I make war with, I have the power to carry his earth away in a bag.

   Hansı işə əl atsam, onu qadağan eləyir

   Whatever work I take on, he forbids it.

   Kim hansı oğlanı istəyirsə, almanı ona atsın.

   Which boy she wishes, let her throw the apple to him.

   (literally, “Whoever wants whichever boy, let them throw the apple to him.”)

Pronoun

hansı

1. (interrogative) which

   Hansını istəyirsən? ― Which one do you want?

Declension

This pronoun is one of several Azerbaijani pronouns which are declined like possessive forms in the singular (see more Azerbaijani pronouns which are declined like possessive forms in the singular).

Declension of hansı

	singular	plural
nominative	hansı	hansılar
accusative	hansını	hansıları
dative	hansına	hansılara
locative	hansında	hansılarda
ablative	hansından	hansılardan
genitive	hansının	hansıların

Usage notes

• Used both as an interrogative and as a relativizer.

See also

Azerbaijani interrogative pro-forms

English	Azerbaijani
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