azdan
/azdan/
very nearly, almost, by a narrow margin — Usually follows an infinitive and comes before a form of qalırğa, meaning that something almost happened: jığılırğa azdan qaldım "I almost fell".
- jığılırğa azdan qaldım — I very nearly fell
- abınıb jığılırğa azdan qaldı — having stumbled, he very nearly fell
- qıçırıb ierge azdan qaldı — he very nearly cried out
- irkni traktor basarğa azdan qaldı — the tractor very nearly ran over the wether
- açıwlanırğa azdan qaldım — I very nearly got angry
- ol jığılırğa azdan qaldı — he very nearly fell