hündür

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һүндүр
Abjad		حۆندۆر

Etymology

Of Mongolic origin. From Middle Mongol [script needed] (öndür), whence also Modern Mongolian өндөр (öndör, “high, tall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hynˈdyr], [hynˈdyr̥]
• Hyphenation: hün‧dür

Adjective

hündür (comparative daha hündür, superlative ən hündür)

1. high, tall

   Əvvəllər Bakıda hündür binalar o qədər də yox idi, amma son vaxtlar çox tikilib.

   There were not so many tall buildings in Baku before, but recently many [of them] have been built.

   Onlarla hündür ağac məhv edildi. ― Tens of tall trees have been destroyed.

   Qapının ağzında hündür bir oğlan dayanmışdı. ― A tall boy was standing at the threshold.

   Şəhəri hündür divar ikiyə ayırmışdı. ― A high wall divided the city in two.

Synonyms

• (tall, high): yüksək, uca
• (in respect to body height): hündürboylu, ucaboylu, uzunboylu

Antonyms

• (tall, high): alçaq
• (in respect to body height): qısaboylu, alçaqboylu, balacaboylu

Derived terms

• hündürlük (“tallness, height”)