merre
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of mely (“which direction? which place?”, interrogative pronoun) + -re (case suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
merre
- where? which way? in which direction?
- Merre van kelet? ― Which way is east?
- where? (at which place?)
- Synonym: hol?
Usage notes
Merre? is more vague than hol? when asking about a place. Hol can easily imply asking for the exact address (or at least the specific location), while merre will be content finding out the neighborhood, the district, or perhaps even only the direction (in accordance with the first meaning).
Derived terms
References
- ^ merre in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)