əvvəl

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic әввәл
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل‎ (ʔawwal, “first”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [æˈvːæl]
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  • Hyphenation: əv‧vəl

Adverb

əvvəl

  1. at first
  2. in the past, before, at an earlier time
    Synonyms: qabaq, əvvəllər

Noun

əvvəl

  1. beginning

Postposition

əvvəl + ablative

  1. before
    Synonym: qabaq
    Antonym: sonra
    üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəl ― three minutes ago
  2. (with bundan) ago
    bir neçə il bundan əvvəl ― few years ago
    üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəl ― three minutes ago

Derived terms

Khalaj
Perso-Arabic اَوَّل‎

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل‎ (ʔawwal, “first”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ævˈvæl/

Adjective

əvvəl

  1. first

References
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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