neyçün

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		нејчүн
Abjad

Alternative forms

• nöşün (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish نچون (ničün). By surface analysis, nə (“what”) +‎ üçün (“for”), a contraction. Equivalent to nə üçün.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnejt͡ʃyn]

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• Hyphenation: ney‧çün

Adverb

neyçün

1. (interrogative) why

   Synonym: niyə

   Neyçün səni unuda mən bilmirən? ― Why can't I forget you?

See also

Azerbaijani interrogative pro-forms

English	Azerbaijani
what	nə, nəmənə (South Azerbaijani)
who	kim
which	hansı
which (in a numbered series)	neçənci
who (by occupation)	nəçi
who (by origin)	haralı
where (which place)	hara
where (at which place)	harada
whither (to which place)	hara, haraya
whence (from which place)	haradan
when	nə vaxt, nə zaman, haçan, havaxt (colloquial)
why	niyə, nə üçün, neyçün
how	necə, nətər
how much	nə qədər
how many	neçə