çoxdan
Azerbaijani
Alternative forms
- çoxdandan (colloquial)
Etymology
From ablative of çox.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃoχˈdɑn], [t͡soχˈdɑn]
- Hyphenation: çox‧dan
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Adverb
çoxdan
- long ago
- Onlar burdan çoxdan köçüblər. ― They moved from here a long time ago.
- for a long time (only of events prior to or up until the speech moment)
- Biz burda çoxdan qalırıq. ― We've been living here for a long time.
References
- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “çoxdan”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, Baku: Şərq-Qərb