əvvəl

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic әввәл
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَوَّل (ʾawwal, first).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [æˈvːæl]
  • (file)
  • 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 əvvəlthree minutes ago
  2. (with bundan) ago
    bir neçə il bundan əvvəlfew years ago
    üç dəqiqə bundan əvvəlthree minutes ago

Derived terms

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