нисә

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *nēče (“how many”), from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”) + quantitative affix *-ča/-čä.

Cognate to Karakhanid ناجا‎ (nēčē, “how many”), Ottoman Turkish نیچه‎ (niçe, “how many”); Tatar ничә (niçä), Kazakh неше (neşe), Kumyk нече (neçe), Kyrgyz нече (neçe), Uzbek necha, Uyghur نەچچە‎ (nechche), Turkmen näçe, Azerbaijani neçə, Turkish nice, Khakas нинӌе (nince), Tuvan чеже (çeje, “how many”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnʲe.sæ]
Hyphenation: ни‧сә

Determiner

нисә • (nesə)

(interrogative) how many
Нисә баш һыйыр аҫрайһығыҙ?
Nesə baş hıyır acrayhığıð?
How many cows do you keep?

Derived terms

бер нисә (bir nesə, “several, a few”)
сәғәт нисә (səğət nesə, “what time is it?”)

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