hayan

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From ha- (“interrogative stem”) +‎ yan (“side”).[1] ha- is inherited from Proto-Turkic *ka-. For similar formations, see hara (“where”) and havaxt (“when”), from ara (“space”) and vaxt (“time”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɑjɑn]

Adverb
Other scripts
Cyrillic һајан
Abjad هایان

hayan

  1. (interrogative) which side?
    Synonym: hansı tərəf
  2. (interrogative) where?
    Synonyms: hara, hanı
    Nənə, hayanda qaldın? ― Grandmother, where have you remained?
  3. (interrogative) which direction?
    Synonyms: hansı tərəf, hansı səmt

Derived terms
  • hayana
  • hayanda
  • hayandan

See also
Azerbaijani interrogative pro-forms
English Azerbaijani
what nə, (dialectal) nəmənə
who kim
which hansı
which (in a numbered series) neçənci
who (by occupation) nəçi
who (by origin) haralı
where (which place) hara, hayan, (colloquial) hanı, (dialectal) həncəri
where (at which place) harada, hayanda
whither (to which place) hara, haraya, hayana
whence (from which place) haradan, hayandan
when nə vaxt, nə zaman, haçan, (colloquial) havaxt
why niyə, nə üçün, neyçün
how necə, nətər, nə təhər, (archaic) nə tövr, nə cür, (dialectal) həncəri
how much nə qədər
how many neçə

References
  1. Rezaei, Mehdi (2018) “Ḳa Zamiri ve Onun Türevleri Hakkında Bazı Tespitler [A Few Points About the Pronoun ka and Its Derivatives]”, in Söylem Filoloji Dergisi‎, volume 3, number 2, pages 272–283

Further reading
  • “hayan” in Obastan.com.

Spanish

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʝan/ [ˈa.ʝãn]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈaʃan/ [ˈa.ʃãn]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʒan/ [ˈa.ʒãn]

  • Rhymes: -aʝan
  • Syllabification: ha‧yan

Verb

hayan

  1. inflection of haber:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also niyan, ganiyan/ganyan, diyan, heto, hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /haˈjan/ [hɐˈjan]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ha‧yan

Interjection

hayán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. there! there it is! (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)
    Synonym: iyan

See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa) Locative (nasa) Existential Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker* ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari** nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari† dini/dine nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener* ito nito dito nandito, narito, naito** heto, eto, ayto† ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener iyan, yaan niyan diyan/diyaan nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡ hayan, ayan ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote iyon, yoon, yaon† niyon, noon, niyaon† doon nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡ hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else.
**These pronouns are used in some dialects.
†These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.
‡Rare in text.
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